The chamber of genius [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The chamber of genius [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [2 April 1812]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. April 2nd, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
- Abstract
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An artist with a crazed look on his face paints at his easel the picture of Hebrew prophet (?) with wild hair and clenched fists. The artist is only half-dressed, his foot in the contents of an overturned chamber pot. He is surrounded by other pursuits of genius: a violin, scientific and medical equipment, a Roman bust, a French horn, a pile of books, etc. On the wall are three drawings: an air balloon, a dancer, and a portrait of Peter Jesta. He sits at the foot of a bed where his pretty wife sleeps peacefully, unaware that her young child is pouring out wine into a glass while a slightly older child sits with bellows before a stove, the spout of a kettle dangerously aimed in her direction
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Two lines of verse below title: Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool, and genius in rags is turn'd to ridicule. Juvl. Satires.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss Collection; May, 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25 x 31 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 812.04.02.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Artists
Artists studios
Domestic life - Subjects
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Artists
Artists studios
Domestic life
England > 1812
England > London > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8163503
- Object ID (OID)
- 10967654