Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1790-1814
Disturbers of Domestic Happiness; a Surly Saucy Hackney Coachman
Original copper printing plate, etched on both sides by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). The prints are titled and dated: Disturbers of Domestic Happiness, London, c. 1790 and Miseries of London or a Surly Saucy Hackney Coachman. London, June 4th 1814. Side 'a' is possibly a scene from a play. Three ruffians armed with pistols and daggers have broken into a lady's boudoir. While the woman and her child sprawl lifelessly on the elegant sofa, the bandits pull off her jewellery and rifle through her bureau, but they are disturbed by armed men with dogs who come pounding up the stairs, (Lewis Walpole 810.0.59). Side 'b' is one of Rowlandson's series Miseries of London. An ugly, elderly couple stand on their doorstep, under a new gas lamp, arguing with a hackney coachman over the correct fare, (Grego, catalogue raisonné of Rowlandson prints, Vol II, p.284, Lewis Walpole 814.6.4.1).
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 2003.68
- Object name:
- Disturbers of Domestic Happiness; a Surly Saucy Hackney Coachman
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- Artist/Maker:
- Rowlandson, Thomas
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- Production date:
- 1790-1814
- Material:
copper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 255 mm, W 357 mm, T 1.5 mm
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- Record quality:
- 60%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
Out of copyright
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