Thomas Rowlandson

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
Drowned Man
Pen and brown ink with watercolor, on paper.
5 1/4 x 7 9/16 inches (133 x 192 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2235
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Signed "T. Rowlandson" at lower left.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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.

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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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