Comfort in the Gout

1785

Thomas Rowlandson

Associated Names
Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

The image shows four adults and a dog in an interior space. On the left, a man is seated in an armchair, while a woman stands beside him holding a bowl. In the background, another woman holds a tray with a glass and decanter, and a man is holding a dish. The dog is lying in front of the footstool. The setting is warmly lit, conveying a domestic atmosphere with draped curtains in muted shades of pink and green.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.3 × 37.6 cm (10 3/4 × 14 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.238

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. I, no. 156

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

Q65086933

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