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.

John Howard Visiting a Prison

George Romney
1734-1802

John Howard Visiting a Prison

ca. 1780-1785
12 3/4 x 21 inches (324 x 533 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite.
2017.225

Thaw Collection.

Inscriptions/Markings
Illegible collector's stamp in lower right corner.
Watermark: Coat of arms with three five-pointed stars inside, surmounted by a crown (cf. Heawood 687, 824: both Venice, 1784).
Associated names
Watermarks (Paper) Coat of arms with three five-pointed stars surmounted by a crown. rbpap
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 341, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 21, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department