The French Barracks
1791
Thomas Rowlandson
Artist, British, 1756 - 1827
Artist, British, 1748 - 1804
Publisher, British
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand colored etching with aquatint (proof) on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
image: 32.8 × 45 cm (12 15/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
sheet: 40.4 × 51.6 cm (15 7/8 × 20 5/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.44
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Catalogue Raisonné
Grego 1880, p. 295, undesc proof
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Fürst zu Oettingen-Wallerstein (Lugt 2715a); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1880
Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures. 2 vols. London: Chattoand Windus, 1880. Reprint. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970: p. 295
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower left in pen and ink: Drawn & Etch'd by T. Rowlandson; lower center, by later hand in pen and ink: FRENCH BARRACKS. / Publish'd June 24, 1788 by T. Malton No. 6 Conduit Street; by later hand, lower right in pen and ink: Aquatinta by T. Malton; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 741 / a84123/mat; APG7693; 12
Wikidata ID
Q77259420