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Thomas Rowlandson|Robert Pollard|Francis Jukes|John Raphael Smith
June 28, 1785 · Engraving and aquatint · Drawings and Prints
Like his predecessor William Hogarth, Rowlandson satirized Regency society in all its squalor and splendor. At this evening outdoor concert in the poshest of London's pleasure gardens, he turned the fashionable crowd of spectators into the object of amusement. In the foreground, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and her sister Lady Duncannon stand arm in arm while, at right, the Prince of Wales whispers to his mistress Mary "Perdita" Robinson. Jukes and Pollard effectively captured in aquatint the delicate tonal gradations and animated line of Rowlandson's lively watercolor.
- Artist
- Thomas Rowlandson|Robert Pollard|Francis Jukes|John Raphael Smith
- Date
- June 28, 1785
- Medium
- Engraving and aquatint
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
