Cornish Wrestling

Cornish Wrestling

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Cornish Wrestling

Pen and grey ink and grey wash over pencil on laid paper
9.3 by 15.2 cm., 3 3/4 by 6 in.

Provenance:
Bought from Sidney Sabin;
By descent until 2016

This is a preliminary sketch for an etching `Rural Sports: Cornish Wrestling' published in the `Sporting Magazine' periodical on 1st March 1800 by J. Wheble, Warwick Court.

Dimensions:

Height 9.3 cm / 3 "
Width 15.2 cm / 6 "