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The image shows a man from the chest upwards with a large hat and light-colored, shaggy hair. He has a broad face, a large nose, full lips, and wide eyes. The man wears a red coat over a yellowish scarf and is accompanied by what appears to be a broken pipe on his hat. The background is neutral with washes of beige and light brown.
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The image shows a man from the chest upwards with a large hat and light-colored, shaggy hair. He has a broad face, a large nose, full lips, and wide eyes. The man wears a red coat over a yellowish scarf and is accompanied by what appears to be a broken pipe on his hat. The background is neutral with washes of beige and light brown.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Soldier's Widow

Thomas Rowlandson

Date
1815/1820
Medium
watercolor with pen and brown and gray ink over sanguine wash over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 23.7 x 19.3 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.206
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Hat
  • Face
Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Inscription

by unknown hand, along bottom in graphite: A Soldier's Widow (erased); by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: [Not deciphered]; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: 31

NGA object ID 143694. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.