The Prospect before us, No. 2

published 1791

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

Thomas Rowlandson

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.1 × 47.9 cm (13 7/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.624

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. I, no. 286

Associated Artworks

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Caricatures (volume II)

Thomas Rowlandson

1756

Cold Broth and Calamity

Thomas Rowlandson

1756

Escape of Parson Andrews from a Perilous Hunting Adventure

Thomas Rowlandson

1756

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 97, repro.

1953

  • The Collector's Taste, Andrew Dickinson White Art Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1953-1954.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65026273

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