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A Sketch from Nature

After Thomas Rowlandson British
Publisher John Raphael Smith British
January 24, 1784
Not on view
A brothel scene with a fat bawd at left leaning back in an armchair and sleeping in a drunken stupor. She spills her glass onto a dog who eagerly laps at the contents. At center, two couples embrace. An officer at center leans on a table and holds a bottle while slinging his leg over a woman's lap. At right another young woman wrestles with a middle aged man whose wig is held aloft by the woman behind him.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Sketch from Nature
  • Artist: William Paulet Carey (Irish, Dublin 1759–1839 Birmingham)
  • Artist: After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster) , London
  • Date: January 24, 1784
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching and stipple, printed in brown ink
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/8 in. × 16 in. (30.8 × 40.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.36(a)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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