Modern Antiquities

Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

1811? · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Among a collection of Egyptian and classical antiques a young woman is embraced by an officer, who draws her into a mummy case. Also in the room is an elderly man with a monocle who inspects a sarcophagus. On the floor an open book reads: "Loves of the Gods, embell'd with Cuts"

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

Date

1811?

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956