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1. A tailors wedding [graphic] / Rowlandson del. 1814.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1814 February 20
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 13
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "In a bare room with a raftered roof couples are energetically dancing, holding hands behind their backs, or above their heads. The women, with one exception, are young and handsome, the men ugly and plebeian. A seated fiddler plays with closed eyes (right). Through a doorway partly covered with curtains the bride and bridegroom are seen embracing. On the wall is a placard: 'They dance in a round, cutting capers and ramping. A mercy the ground did not burst with their stamping.The floor is all wett, with leaps and with jumps, while the water and sweat, splish splash in their pumps'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Plate numbered "315" in upper right corner. and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples. , Dance., Musicians. , Tailors. , and Weddings.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A tailors wedding [graphic] / Rowlandson del. 1814.
2. Hackney assembly [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
- Published / Created:
- 1812
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 12
- Image Count:
- 1
- 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., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Couples. , Dance., Manners & customs., and Musicians.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hackney assembly [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.
