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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
"Smells Powder for the First Time."
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite on paper.
4 3/16 x 7 3/8 inches (105 x 187 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Dudley F. Parker.
1982.12:3
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist at lower edge, in pen and brown ink, "Smells Powder for the First Time".
Provenance:
Henry C. Sturges, New York (father of the donor); his daughter, Mrs. Dudley F. Parker (née Sarah Sturges), Morristown, N.J.
Associated names:
Sturges, Henry C. (Henry Cady), 1846-1922, former owner.
Parker, Dudley F., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 296.
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