Creation Date
9-1-1821
Description
A crowd of cartoonish figures gather in a room with walls lined with grand, gilt-framed paintings. To the right of the composition, a hunch-backed servant opens a door to reveal a painter at work, painting the portrait of an elegant lady in the room, who is turned to face him.
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Provenance
Published 1821-1822 by R. Ackermann, in the book "The History of Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax"
Medium
Etching with hand colored Aquatint
Dimensions
5.5 x 8.75, 12 x 14.75 (in frame)
Catalogue Number
2015.57
Keywords
british print, etching, thomas rowlandson, 2015.57