Subject (Topic): Pitchforks - Yale University Library Search Results

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Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1807]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 9 Box D146
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The interior of a loft stacked with sacks, an angry countryman ferociously prods one with a pitchfork, while a handsome young woman stands in alarm behind him in the doorway. From the sack projects the terrified head and hands of the woman's lover; his queue indicates a military officer. A white owl flies under the rafters
Description:: Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., Compare to a print (in reverse) published 16 May 1807 by R. Ackermann: I smell a rat, or, A rogue in grain. See no. 10814 in v. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Hiding places, Adultery, Couples, Hiding, Bags, Pitchforks, and Surprise
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The discovery] [art original].