Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].

Description

Title: Disturbers of domestic happiness [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845, artist.
Leadenhall Press, printer of plates.
Published / Created: [approximately 1815] and [printed mid-20th century]
Publication Place: London and England
Publisher: publisher not identified and Leadenhall Press
Abstract: "A house is attacked while a lady and a young girl sleep on a couch at center. Three bandits wield weapons, and one takes hold of the necklace of the lady. Another group of armed gentleman approach from the stairs at right."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description: Title etched below image.
Attribution to Rowlandson from the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1612.
Engraved after the painting "1er Scène de voleurs" by Louis Léopold Boilly, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.
Restrike of the latest state of the plate, which has a border and stippling added in addition to the title. The titled state is given an original issue date of circa 1815 date in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog.
In the opinion of Nicholas J.S. Knowles, the coloring on this impression suggests it was printed in England in the mid-20th century by the successor Leadenhall Press.
Plate originally issued without title; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 810.00.00.59. This untitled state might be the plate described under the name "Banditti" in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 297.
Provenance: Ronald Paulson; October 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 37.8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State with border and additional stippling].
Language: English