Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq)
A crowd has gathered outside "Martinet Librairie," a popular printshop at no. 124 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré in Paris, trying to view both the images in the window and one another. Attributed to Rowlandson, the etching is based on a pen lithograph by the French artist Bergeret that Aaron Martinet published in 1805 (see 1984.1026.1). The underlying humor contrasts English tourists with more sophisticated Parisians, and would have appealed to Rowlandson, who visited France often and been raised by an aunt of Hugenot descent. The English origins of this print are affirmed by the insertion of the name of Thomas Tegg, a London publisher, on a poster at upper left.
Artwork Details
- Title: Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq)
- Etcher: Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Artist: After Pierre Nolasque Bergeret (French, Bordeaux 1782–1863 Paris)
- Publisher: (?) Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
- Date: ca. 1810
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (26 × 40.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Mary Martin Fund, 1984
- Object Number: 1984.1026.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Multiple artists/makers
January 1794
Thomas Rowlandson
late 18th–early 19th century
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