Grog on Board

1789

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

J. Harris

Publisher, English, active 1787-1800

This painting depicts a scene in a room with barrels and figures engaging in eating or drinking. The figures are dressed in 18th-century attire, featuring hats, ruffled shirts, and elaborate dresses. The composition includes details such as a ceramic jug, a smoking pipe, and a dog lying on the floor. The figures appear animated, seemingly engaged in merriment or conversation. The style is similar to Thomas Rowlandson, known for his humorous and satirical depictions of everyday life.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, stipple, and aquatint with hand coloring on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.8 × 48 cm (14 1/2 × 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.115

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. I, no. 253

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eduard Fuchs (1870-1940), Berlin and Paris

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.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at upper left, on book spine: BYRON / VOYAGE; in plate, in image, at right center, on paper: Sweet Poll of Plymouth; in plate, in imate, at lower left: Rowlandson 1789; in plate, below image, at center: Grog on Board; verso: at lower leftt, in graphite, in later hand: B-35751; at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: 5 [circled] / NO

Markings

recto: none; verso: in purple ink in oval: Eduard Fuchs Zehlendorf b. Berlin; Wannseebahn [not in Lugt]

Wikidata ID

Q65025791

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