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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
The Last Drop. 5 - 5 Apr 1811
Hand-coloured etching | 31.6 x 21.9 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810843
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A hand-coloured print of a man draining a bowl of punch. Rowlandson copied this print from one published by Matthew and Mary Darly in 1773. The image may have appealed because it allowed Rowlandson to portray a gleeful, skeletal Death poised to strike the man, who stands on tiptoes to drain the last drop from the bowl. ‘Usquebaugh’, inscribed on one of the bottles on the floor, is Gaelic for whiskey. Inscribed in the plate: Pubd. April 5 1811 by T. Rowlandson N 1 James St Adelphi
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
31.6 x 21.9 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
29.0 x 20.0 cm (plate mark) (platemark)
Other number(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 9786Bibliographic 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 9786
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.
