Hackney assembly [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.

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Title: Hackney assembly [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Published / Created: 1812
Copyright Date: [1812]
Publication Place: [London]
Abstract: A satire set in an assembly room: Two well-dressed older men with caricatured faces, one with gloves and a large belly, bow to a old woman equally caricatured. The other members of the party are also caricatured in the background, some dancing. Musicians play in the balcony above on the right.
Description: Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Probably a reissue; date following Rowlandson's signature has most likely been altered from "1802." See Grego.
Text below title: Graces, the Graces, remember the Graces.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.3 x 26 cm, on sheet 22.8 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Caricatures.
Etchings--England--London--1812.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1802.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic): Balls (Parties)
Couples.
Dance.
Manners & customs.
Musicians.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 235-6