A sulky [graphic] / Rowlandson del.

Description

Title: A sulky [graphic] / Rowlandson del.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist.
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Copyright Date: [26 June 1800]
Abstract: A pretty young woman sits at a table opposite a fat, older man, asleep with his glasses pushed on his forehead. The sit before a fire in a bedroom with a canope over the bed or couch (left), a guitar leaning against it. Two other pretty young woman enter through the door. A bird in a cage hangs from the ceiling; a dog yawns at the feet of the seated woman. A book lies open on the table along with a carafe of wine. The couple both hold wine glasses.
Description: Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Companion print to: A silly.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.8 x 30.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Aquatints--England--London--1800.
Etchings--England--London--1800.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1800.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic): Bedrooms.
Birdcages.
Dogs.
Fireplaces.
Guitars.
Sleeping.
Women.
Young adults.

Access: Public
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Citation: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 6-7