print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1932,0226.13
- Title
- Object: Comfort & relief often found in relating one's complaints
- Description
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An elderly invalid sits in an armchair, his gouty legs swathed, a shawl over his head, a pair of bands shows that he is a parson. He turns to his visitor, an elderly lady seated next him in a similar armchair, wearing a hooded cloak over her cap, and holding a muff. Both talk emphatically, their faces and gestures rendering the subject very expressively. An elderly footman (left) hands two glasses of wine on a salver. Beside the host is a circular table with a bowl; behind the armchairs is a folding screen. Two windows, an oval mirror, a chair and low circular table (left) complete the design. In the manner of a pen drawing. An additional title, 'How d'ye do?', has been added in pen. 20 October 1786
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1786
- Dimensions
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Height: 147 millimetres
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Width: 252 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Possibly etched by Rowlandson.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1932
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1932,0226.13
