The Dinner

1787

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching and aquatint on (J. Whatman paper?)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Grinnell

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47.7 x 57.6 cm (18 3/4 x 22 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.2.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, undescribed


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.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate within image: Rowlandson. 1787; lower center in plate: THE DINNER.; lower right in plate: Pub.d as the Act directs Marh. 10.1787 by J.Harris No.37 Dean Street, Soho.; lower left verso in graphite, circled: 3306; lCv//in graphite: 31681 (4)

Watermarks

J. Whatman? (similar to Heawood 1849)

Wikidata ID

Q74877752


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