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A Charity Sermon

A Charity Sermon

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Thomas Rowlandson

Rowlandson's watercolor places the fat and irritable Reverend Cantwell in front of a handbill stuck to a wall proclaiming “Rev. Cantwell Sermon on Charity,” while he rebuffs the pleas of a young mother and her children.
Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
(English, 1756 - 1827)
Title
A Charity Sermon
Date
1805
Medium
Ink, graphite, and watercolor
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. Overall
Credit
Edward Blake Blair Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
1999.79
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
England

Related

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1999-2001." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. p. 83
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "British Satire from Hogarth to Cruikshank," Artscene, July-December 2001. pp. 5-6
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 18, No. 2, July- December 2001. p. 6

  • Drawing with a Brush: British Watercolors: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/10/2007–1/6/2008
  • Acquisitions 1999-2002, A Selection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/6/2002–8/25/2002
  • British Satire from Hogarth to Cruikshank: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/15/2001–11/4/2001

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