The last jig, or Adieu to Old England [graphic] / Rowlandson del.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827

Published/Created:

[London] :
Publish'd January 20th, 1818 by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside,
[20 January 1818]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching, hand-colored, on wove paper : plate mark 263 x 351 mm, on sheet 357 x 458 mm.

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Image size including ruled lines: 245 x 345 mm.
Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.

Abstract:

A scene in a tavern cellar, with a young woman, gaily dressed, dancing a jig with a man wearing an apron; at left, a sailor playing the violin, at right, a sailor sitting on steps and leaning forward, smoking, resting his arms on a barrel, another beside him holding a bowl, a young woman standing behind them with a hand on the shoulder of each; behind, three amorous couples, including a sailor sitting on another barrel.

Variant Titles:

Adieu to Old England

Topics:

Couples.--lctgm
Dance.--lctgm
Jig (Dance)
Kissing.--lctgm
Smoking.--lctgm
Taverns (Inns)--18th century.--lctgm

Topics:

Great Britain.--Royal Navy--History--19th century--Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain.--Royal Navy--Pictorial works

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1818.--gmgpc

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Call Number:

818.01.20.01+

Orbis Record:

11142380

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr29068a

Citation:

Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, p. 363

OID:

11134605

PID:

digcoll:553484