Title

Quae Genus with a Portrait Painter

Creator

Thomas Rowlandson

Preview

Creation Date

1821-1822

Medium

Etching with hand colored Aquatint

Dimensions

5.5 x 8.75, 12 x 14.75 (in frame)

Credit Line

Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015

Accession Number

2015.57

Provenance

Published 1821-1822 by R. Ackermann, in the book "The History of Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax"

Creator Biography

Thomas Rowlandson, British, born in Old Jewry, London, England, 1757-1827.

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.