The Pleasures of Imagination

J. Jones|Thomas Rowlandson

[June 30, 1781] · Mezzotint · Drawings and Prints

Based on an early design by Rowlandson, this mezzotint represents a young woman dressed in a quilted skirt and mob cap, seated on a sofa with her legs crossed and hands clasped. She turns to look at a parrot perched on the back of the sofa, its cage above. At left is an urn from which hot water pours into an open teapot.

Artist

J. Jones|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

[June 30, 1781]

Medium

Mezzotint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970