Study for "A charm for democracy, reviewed, analyzed, and destroyed January 1, 1799" (recto and verso)
Artwork Details
- Title: Study for "A charm for democracy, reviewed, analyzed, and destroyed January 1, 1799" (recto and verso)
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Subject: Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (British, 1752–1834)
- Subject: Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (British, 1746–1815)
- Subject: Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (British, 1765–1802)
- Subject: John Horne Tooke (British, 1736–1812)
- Subject: Perhaps Dr. Samuel Parr (British, Harrow on the Hill 1747–1825 Hatton, Warwickshire)
- Subject: Perhaps Rev. Joseph Towers (British, 1737–1799)
- Date: 1799
- Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite (recto); graphite (verso)
- Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (22.5 x 25.7 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.1812
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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