The Huntsman Rising; The Gamester Going to Bed

Thomas Rowlandson

[July 31, 1809], reissued 1811 · Hand-colored etching; reissue · Drawings and Prints

Two companion plates on one sheet. At top, the huntsman gets out of bed and puts on his boots with two hunting dogs waiting for him at left. Below, an angry gambler is seated next to a table with a pistol, dice, purse, dice-box, and an open pocketbook which is inscribed "Money Lost 10.000." His wife is startled in bed at left.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Date

[July 31, 1809], reissued 1811

Medium

Hand-colored etching; reissue

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959