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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
A Little Bigger. 18 - 18 May 1791
Hand-coloured etching | 39.4 x 31.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810416
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A hand-coloured print of a tailor struggling to measure the ample girth of his client during a fitting. Both look pained. Companion print to RCIN 810415. Inscribed in the plate: Rowlandson. 1791 Pubd. May 18th 1791 by S.W. Fores No. 30 Piccadilly
Provenance
Perhaps one of the prints acquired from the descendants of Samuel Fores in 1854
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
39.4 x 31.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 8837 B
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 8916
Featured in
ExhibitionHigh Spirits: The Comic Art of Thomas Rowlandson: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Through the humour of Rowlandson’s drawings and prints, this exhibition examines life at the turn of the 19th century.
