Two gentlemen wearing academic caps stand looking at tomb effigy in a side chapel of a church. The one man who has a large belly and is gesturing toward the tomb, bears some resemblance to Samuel Johnson. To the right, man confronts a woman who seems prepared to deliver a backhanded slap with her fan and A second drawing on the back of the sheet is of a street scene, with a carriage, horse-drawn omnibus, various couples promenading in the street with one man begging with hat in hand
Description:
Titles devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and Date from dealer's description.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Academic costumes, Beggars, City & town life, Carriages & coaches, and Pedestrians
