The Harmonic Society [graphic]

Description

Title: The Harmonic Society [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: [1811?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A dinner of mostly elderly men has dissolved into a brawl with wigs flying in every direction as they pummel each other with their fists or any tool at hand. In the center a man crawls on his hands and knees, blood pouring from both nostrils, his opponent ready to land him another blow. The one young man of the party dances merrily on top of the table flourishing a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other as the dinnerware scatters in every direction
Description: Title etched below image.
Possibly a reissue; the year in Rowlandson's signature appears to have been altered from "1810" to "1811." See British Museum catalogue.
A publication date of 1810 is given by Grego, who is perhaps describing an earlier state.
Text below title: The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other, and slander to the absent, the meetings of men by noise, inebriety and wrangling.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Watermark: 181[?].
Provenance: Leverhullme-Auchincloss, vol. xiii, p. 111.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1811
Etchings England London 1811
Watermarks (Paper)
Watermarks (Paper) 1809
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Eating & drinking
Fighting
Clubs
Subjects: Eating & drinking
Fighting
Clubs
England > 1811
England > London > 1811
1809
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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