FDA-D.447-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.447-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Englishmen in November and Frenchmen in November
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by artist
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 266
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 406mm
width (actual size): 619mm
width (actual size): 619mm
Inscription
Inscribed centre, `Englishmen in November.' and lower centre, `Frenchmen in November.'
Materials & techniques note
Pen and ink, watercolour
Production
Person
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756 - 1827 (Artist)
Date
c.1788
History and association
Object history note
One of several pairs of watercolours painted by Rowlandson during the 1780s comparing the English and the French; this image appeared as two prints in the Hibernian Magazine in 1790
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973; at Eton from 1961
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 44 & 45 illustrated), Catalogue number: 35
• George, M.D., Catalogue of the Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum, London, Catalogue number: 7764 & 7765
• George, M.D., Catalogue of the Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum, London, Catalogue number: 7764 & 7765
