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Thomas Rowlandson
English, 1756–1827
The Cat-astrophy, or Crash to My Grandmother's Old China
c. 1800
Image Caption
Thomas Rowlandson, The Cat-astrophy, or Crash to My Grandmother's Old China, c. 1800, brush and dark brown ink with touches of pen and vermilion ink and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.97
Medium
brush and dark brown ink with touches of pen and vermilion ink and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 9/16 x 10 5/16 in. (34.5 x 26.2 cm)
Object Number
2007.8.97
Acquisition
Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Spink & Son. English Watercolour Drawings. London: Spink & Son, 1981. Hayes, John. Gainsborough and Rowlandson: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published privately, 1998. Sargent, William R. Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum. USA: Peabody Essex Museum, 2012. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
Philip Pinsof, Chicago; [Spink & Son, Ltd., London, sold to Manton, Feb. 1981]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1981–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.