Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809)

Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827

Portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809)

8 5/16 x 7 3/16 inches (211 x 183 mm)
Watercolor, over pencil, on paper.
1954.22
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Boswell's "Life of Dr. Johnson" (PML 9812, vol. 1, p. 55).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower left, "Bolton / Hydralic / ...[illegible]."; numbered at upper right, "7".
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department