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Lay Figure at Somerset House, 1822/27. Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor over graphite, on ivory wove paper.
Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor over graphite, on ivory wove paper · 18.4 × 28.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Lay Figure at Somerset House
- Artist
- Thomas Rowlandson English, 1756-1827
- Date
- 1822/27
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor over graphite, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 18.4 × 28.3 cm (7 1/4 × 11 3/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1756–1827
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.