Comedy in the country Tragedy in London / [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[29 May 1807]eng"Two designs on one pl. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall, register intense amusement. A fiddler stands up to snuff a single wall-candle. Below, three members of the orchestra play, grotesquely weeping; behind them are the pittites, also burlesqued, except for a good-looking young couple. A woman tries to revive a fat and fainting man with a smelling-bottle. Above their heads is a gallery, with two footmen in livery, two ladies, and an elderly parson. All shed tears, or otherwise express their grief."--Description of alternate state in the British Museum online catalogueTitles etched below each design.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Two designs on one plate, titled separately.Variant state with plate numbered '20' instead of '172' and date added. Cf. No. 10910 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of state with plate altered to '172' and no year in imprint statement.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 16 x 23.5 cm, and 17.5 x 23.5.Sheet cut into two designs, and trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of plate number.Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.