Nap in the country [graphic] / Rowlandson '85 ; Nap in town / Rowlandson 1785.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[1785]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; images 32.5 x 22.2 cm, on sheet 35.30 x 24.2 cm

Related Links:

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl_getrec.asp?fld=img&id=11792222

Notes:

Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.

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.

Variant Titles:

Nap in town

Topics:

Agricultural laborers.
Cats.
Chairs.
Couples.
Dogs.
Obesity.
Sheep.
Sleeping.
Sofas.
Yawning.

Topics:

Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Riviere & Son Binding
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827. Nap in town.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1785.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1785.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

785.00.00.09+ Impression 1

Orbis Record:

7680214

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr35805

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6868
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6869
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 175

OID:

16740501

PID:

digcoll:4715663