Rustic Courtship

1785

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

The image shows two people in a rustic outdoor setting. The man is standing with one hand on his head, facing the woman. He has a broad smile, shoulder-length dark hair, and is dressed in an earthy red coat, light blue waistcoat, yellow breeches, blue stockings, and black shoes. The woman is seated on a chair, spinning using a wheel in front of her. She has dark hair, wears a white bonnet, and a white dress with long sleeves. Surrounding them are a barrel, a broom against the wall, a tree with green foliage, a simple wooden house with a thatched roof, and an earthy ground with grassy patches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.7 × 36.7 cm (10 1/2 × 14 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.228

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. I, no. 171

Associated Artworks

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Artwork history & notes

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.

1993

  • Lerner, Robert E. , Standish Meacham, and Edward McNail Burns. Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture. 12th edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993 (reproduced only, page 535).

Wikidata ID

Q65025905

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