Thanks, Douglas and Fred! The Irish footman is referenced on both websites and so I think this must be the same source. I also like the second painting on this theme.
Cheers, Sara From: Douglas Vogt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 7:12 PM To: Schechner, Sara; Sundial List ([email protected]) Subject: Re: Rowlandson sketch? There are apparently a few drawings on the subject but this description fits, especially with reference to the watch. There is no image. Rowlandson would seem the first choice but his drawings are more detailed. http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/810682/the-irish-footman The Irish Footman. * current tab: Overview<http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/810682/the-irish-footman#accessibletabscontent0-0> * Further details<http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/810682/the-irish-footman#accessibletabscontent0-1> Overview Creator: After George Moutard Woodward (1760-1809) (designer) Creation Date: published 25 Mar 1808 RCIN 810682 Description: A footman carries a sundial into the sitting room, where the master is laid up with gout. He is furious, as the footman could not set his watch by the sundial, but instead dug up the sundial itself ! ________________________________ From: "Schechner, Sara" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "Sundial List ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>)" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:35 PM Subject: Rowlandson sketch? Does anyone know the artist who did the sketch of a foolish servant who digs up a sundial in order to answer his gouty master’s inquiry about the time? It looks to me like Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), but I have been unable to identify it or a collection that contains it. I have put an image in this Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7skufivsr5vfunh/Dug%20up%20sundial.jpg Thanks! Sara Sara J. Schechner, Ph.D. David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Department of the History of Science, Harvard University Science Center 251c, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-496-9542 | Fax: 617-496-5932 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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