Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Angelo's Fencing Rooms. 1791
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint | 36.5 x 53.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810421
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A hand-coloured print of a fencing match between two gentlemen and observed by a men standing and sitting around the edges of the room. On the left, a man, tying his shoe laces prepares to fence whilst a man standing in the centre of the background observes the players through spectacles. Mr Angelo, who founded and ran the fencing academy, stands fourth from the right holding fencing épée's. A portrait hanging on the wall is entitles 'St George.' Inscribed in the plate: Rowlandson 1791 / Design'd & Etch'd by T Rowlandson / Aquatinted by Rosenberg
Provenance
Probably acquired during the reign of Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint
Measurements
36.5 x 53.5 cm (sheet of paper)