Rooks waiting for Pigeons
Rooks waiting for Pigeons
Rooks waiting for PigeonsPen and grey ink and watercolour 15.8 by 24 cm., 6 ¼ by 9 ½ in.Provenance:Given to the present owner, 1995Exhibited: London, Frank T. Sabin Gallery, A Catalogue of Watercolour Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), 1933, cat no 29. Literature: V.P. Sabin, A Catalogue of Watercolour Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), 1933, pp. 28, 29, ill. Rowlandson drew several versions of this subject which was clearly a favourite. One was with Guy Peppiatt Fine Art in 2022 (see Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, British Drawings and Watercolours, summer exhibition catalogue, 2022, no.12) and now in a private collection. The `Rooks' are the card sharps waiting for the gullible `Pigeons' to take them on.Another version of this subject entitled `Gaming at Brooks Club' is in the Museum of London (see John Hayes, A Catalogue of the Watercolours and Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the London Museum, 1960, no.9).){kind=link}
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Rooks waiting for Pigeons
Pen and grey ink and watercolour
15.8 by 24 cm., 6 ¼ by 9 ½ in.
Provenance:
Given to the present owner, 1995
Exhibited:
London, Frank T. Sabin Gallery, A Catalogue of Watercolour Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), 1933, cat no 29.
Literature:
V.P. Sabin, A Catalogue of Watercolour Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), 1933, pp. 28, 29, ill.
Rowlandson drew several versions of this subject which was clearly a favourite. One was with Guy Peppiatt Fine Art in 2022 (see Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, British Drawings and Watercolours, summer exhibition catalogue, 2022, no.12) and now in a private collection. The `Rooks' are the card sharps waiting for the gullible `Pigeons' to take them on.
Another version of this subject entitled `Gaming at Brooks Club' is in the Museum of London (see John Hayes, A Catalogue of the Watercolours and Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the London Museum, 1960, no.9).