Books+ Search Results
Fragments from Borders for rooms
Title
[Fragments from Borders for rooms] [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [Published March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 100 Strand], [30 March 1799]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 10 x 8 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of mounting sheet.
Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series of Borders for tooms, designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800 (cf. British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
One image only. A young woman extends her hand with a handkerchief in it over a stretched body of an obese man in an armchair. She says, "I shall never overcome the loss of my poor, dear husband." A young man down on his knee is ardently kissing her other hand. He responds: Pray be comforted, dear Madam.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2008
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1799.
Etchings - England - London - 1799.
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
