A Riverside Picnic

Artist Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756 - 1827)

Datelate 18th-early 19th century

MediumPen, red-brown ink, and watercolor washes

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (18.1 × 25.72 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Milton McGreevy

Object number81-30/73

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Reality and Fantasy: Land, Town and Sea, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 18, 2013-June 15, 2014, as A Riverside Picnic.

Gallery Label

Rowlandson was best known for his caricatures, but in this scene the human element is treated less critically than usual with a group of figures enjoying themselves picnicking out of doors, a popular pastime then as now. The river estuary with ships is a reminder that Rowlandson lived at a time when English naval supremacy was reaching its height during the period of the Napoleonic Wars.

Provenance

Bequeathed by Milton McGreevy (1903-1980), Shawnee Mission, KS, to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.

Published References

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