
The Rat-Catcher stands with his rod over his shoulder carrying cage of rats with three dogs at his feet. One drawing from a collection of 58 drawings, mostly of the British School, from the Herbert Powell Collection of British Watercolours. Dr Herbert Powell formed a valuable collection of watercolours and drawings. He had earlier gifted some works from the collection to the Art Fund in 1929 to function as a Loan Collection for public institutions. These works were later permanently distributed by the Art Fund amongst various public collections in 1968.
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Title of artwork, date
The Rat Catcher, 1823–1877
Date supported
1939
Medium and material
Watercolour
Dimensions
18 x 13 cm
Gifted by
Herbert A Powell

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