The man of feeling [graphic].

Description

Title: The man of feeling [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Novemr. 25th, 1785, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "An elderly parson embraces indecorously an elderly woman who stands beside the bed where her husband sleeps. A dog watches them. The scene is a poverty-stricken room with a raftered roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of a later state of the print. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 83.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: windows with diamond pattern -- Furniture: chairs -- Pets.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Marriage & married life.
Watermark: fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield.
Provenance: Maggs ; Aug. 1964 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.2 x 28.9 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Beds
Sleeping
Dogs
Adultery
Subjects: Clergy
Beds
Sleeping
Dogs
Adultery
England > 1785
England > London > 1785

Access: Public
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