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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1786]
- Call Number:
- Print00203
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young couple sit side by side taking tea; the hostess, probably the mother of the young woman, is seated at a small rectangular table filling a tea-pot from an urn. A footman holds a salver to a man who helps himself to sugar, probably the father of the younger man. He sits on the right of his host, a gouty invalid in dressing-gown and nightcap, who is seated in an armchair on the extreme right. A dog sits beside the tea-table."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., It is suggested that this print is an imitation of Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue, but Grego indicates that it is by Rowlandson., Date '1785' in lower right corner of image., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 21.0 x 29.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Couples, Courtship, Dogs, Servants, and Tea parties
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > City courtship [graphic].
