Location

Country: Sweden
City: Stockholm
Place: British Embassy

Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist and draughtsman, attended the Royal Academy Schools. After his studies he worked in watercolours and developed a style influenced by Gainsborough and French Rococo art. From 1784 he received commissions for publications and later gained the patronage of the Prince of Wales. He also produced satirical images, illustrating well-known scandals and characters. Despite gaining a substantial inheritance in 1789, by 1793 he was in poverty. However, his financial worries eased when he received commissions from Ackermann, which led to his involvement with A. C. Pugin in ‘The Microcosm of London’. Rowlandson later produced sketches for the adventures of ‘Dr Syntax’ (1812-21), also published by Ackermann.

Places

England, London, Chelsea, Duke of York's Headquarters

Subjects

reading (as Subject), topography, Victorian Genre, 19th century costume, military uniform, student, soldier, window, desk, curtain, public interior, educational interior

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
Thomas Sutherland (1785 - 1838)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)

Title

Military College, Chelsea

Date

published 1 January 1810

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 22 January 1954

Provenance

With Agnew’s Gallery, London; by whom sold through Christie’s, London, 22 January 1954 (Lot 21; with GAC 2558-2581, 2583-2585); from which sale purchased by Richard Walker on behalf of the Ministry of Works

GAC number

2582