Washing day [graphic]

Description

Title: Washing day [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 October 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Abstract: "A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles), grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold tripe & cold potatoes - you may smell soap suds a mile! Ah Jack - Jack you dont know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor!" Behind (left), two women stand at a wash-tub"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
Earlier state with date in imprint. Cf. No. 9626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Earlier state of the print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1959.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.5 x 19.3 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Spouses
Bachelors
Eyeglasses
Laundresses
Wash tubs
Subjects: Spouses
Bachelors
Eyeglasses
Laundresses
Wash tubs
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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