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Drowned Man

Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827

Drowned Man

5 1/4 x 7 9/16 inches (133 x 192 mm)
Pen and brown ink with watercolor, on paper.
1986.2235

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed "T. Rowlandson" at lower left.
Summary

Drawing shows a drowned man lying on his back on a rocky seashore, with a group of three women and a man kneeling beside him at left and the hull of a beached boat in the background.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department