Hackney Assembly. Graces, the Graces, remember the Graces. First edition of the etching..
London:1802; reissued 1812. Handcolored etching. 20.5 x 23.5cm. Matted. Small losses in upper corners. ...References:
Joseph Grego Rowlandson the Caricaturist: A selection from his works, with anecdotal desciptions.... 2 vols., London, 1880, Vol. II, pp. 235, 403......Met Museum: Object Number: 59.533.845....
.Yale University. Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number 812.00.00.97 ....
A satire set in an assembly room: Two well-dressed older men with caricatured faces, one with gloves and a large belly, bow to a old woman equally caricatured. The other members of the party are also caricatured in the background, some dancing. Musicians play in the balcony above on the right..:
Title etched below image.
Probably a reissue; date following Rowlandson's signature has most likely been altered from "1802." See Grego.
Text below title: Graces, the Graces, remember the Graces. Item #16-6439
Price: $350.00