1789
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (31.12 × 40.96 cm)
Plate: 10 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (27.31 × 36.83 cm)
Image: 8 5/8 × 12 3/8 in. (21.91 × 31.43 cm)
85.1337.1
Not on view
Signed in plate lower right: Rowlandson 1789
Collectors mark of Samuel William Fores (Lugt 2384) lower right recto. Stamp on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION.
Printed beneath image in center: THE BREAKFAST. Printed beneath image lower right: London, Published, Feby 1st,1789 by S.W. Fores, No.3 Piccadilly. Inscribed in graphite lower center: 14 7/8 x 11 1/8.
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
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