Lot 259: THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)

THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
The Artist’s Studio
pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper
11.2 x 19.2cm (4 7/16 x 7 9/16in).

Provenance
With Sidney Sabin, London, where purchased by the present owner’s
family
A similar version of the present composition is in the Auckland City
Art Gallery, New Zealand, with additional figures and differences to the
pictures on the wall.
There is a reversed and slightly smaller drawing of the same subject in
The Ashmolean (signed and dated 1809), but with subtle differences to
the figures and their gestures.