High Spirits
An exploration of 100 works by the sharp-eyed, English caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson.
THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)
A Little Bigger.
18 May 1791Hand-coloured etching | 39.4 x 31.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810416
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
Bibliographic reference(s)
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 (BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12.)
