Thomas Rowlandson
Elegant Figures in a Walled Garden

Elegant Figures in a Walled Garden

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Elegant Figures in a Walled Garden
ArtistBritish, 1756–1827
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Elegant Figures in a Walled Garden
Date1803–1805
MediumWatercolor and ink over graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/8 × 16 15/16 in. (28.3 × 43 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of the Garden Club of Houston and Ann Heinzerling Kelsey, President, 1999–2000
Object number2017.384
Non exposé

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ProvenancePrivate Collection: [Andrew Clayton-Payne, London, by 2017]: purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition Historynone known
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