Thomas Rowlandson
The Mishap

CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Mishap
Date1806
PlaceEngland
MediumGray ink, bistre and watercolor
DimensionsFrame: 18 5/8 × 20 7/8 in. (47.3 × 53 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1986.7
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 1–September 23, 2012.

"Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century British Works on Paper from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston," Beeville, Texas, January 18, 2000.

"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

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