Odd Characters

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|George Murgatroyd Woodward

February 16, 1801 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Rowlandson and Woodward collaborated on this ebullient panel of heads tucked behind ribbons, as though into old-fashioned note boards. The dense gathering includes a preacher, a soldier, several well-dressed women, and a range of grotesque faces, and resembles a crowd assembled for a performance at the theater. Figures costumed as a Turk, a fanciful Hussar, and a Harlequin would be at home on the stage.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|George Murgatroyd Woodward

Date

February 16, 1801

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959