The Successful Fortune Hunter

1812

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

The image depicts a caricature of two figures, a man and a woman, walking down a street. The man is on the left, slightly leaning towards the woman and holding a cane. He has a large nose, pronounced chin, wearing a black bicorne hat with a feather, and a red and gold military-style uniform. The woman is smiling, with a rounded face and curly hair with a white feather decoration. She wears a green dress with pink ribbons, yellow gloves, and pink shoes, holding a fan. In the background, there is a building named "Crescent" in a Georgian terrace style. A man in a blue coat carries a chair, and another man leans on a walking stick.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.3 × 29.8 cm (15 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.237

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 235


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.

Wikidata ID

Q65086932

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