Nap in the country [graphic]

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Title: Nap in the country [graphic]
Alternative Title: Nap in town
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, publisher.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Published / Created: [1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Abstract: "Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.
1 print : etching in sepia on laid paper ; designs 34.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 35.6 x 24.8 cm.
Sheet trimmed on one side within plate mark. Watermark cropped on right centered edge.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956;
Extent: 1 print : images 32.5 x 22.2 cm, on sheet 35.30 x 24.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Agricultural laborers
Cats
Chairs
Couples
Dogs
Obesity
Sheep
Sleeping
Sofas
Yawning
Subjects: Agricultural laborers
Cats
Chairs
Couples
Dogs
Obesity
Sheep
Sleeping
Sofas
Yawning
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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