Art, literature & history
Stealing the Preserves
1815/20
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and red and black ink, with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper tipped onto cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 × 22 cm (10 7/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1993.248.163
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Thomas Rowlandson. Stealing the Preserves. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Stealing the Preserves — Thomas Rowlandson. 1815/20.
Medium: Pen and red and black ink, with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper tipped onto cream wove paper. Dimensions: 27.5 × 22 cm (10 7/8 × 8 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.