FDA-D.451-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.451-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Salutation at the Seaside
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by artist
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 170
Description
Content (note)
It has been suggested that the portly figure here may represent Rowlandson's great patron and friend, the banker Matthew Mitchell
Dimensions
height (actual size): 165mm
width (actual size): 235mm
width (actual size): 235mm
Inscription
Inscribed, on the artist's mount (centre and verso), 'Salutation at the Seaside / Maam have you been in the sea this morning is it very rough? / No sir only a gentle curl on it'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
Production
Person
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756 - 1827 (Artist)
Date
c. 1810
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973; at Eton from 1963
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 44 & 45), Catalogue number: 37
