The Harmonic Society

Thomas Rowlandson

[1810], reissued 1811 · Hand-colored etching; reissue · Drawings and Prints

The Harmonic Society — Thomas Rowlandson

A scene of drunken disorder at a dinner of men, all elderly except for a young man who dances atop the table. Most of the men fight savagely with fists, bottles, and fire irons.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
[1810], reissued 1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching; reissue
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959