A Rough Sketch of the Times as Delineated by Sir Francis Burdett

Thomas Rowlandson|Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet|Thomas Tegg

[May 9, 1810], reissued 1819 · Hand-colored etching; reissue · Drawings and Prints

An 1811 reissue of a print first published in 1810. 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|Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet|Thomas Tegg

Date

[May 9, 1810], reissued 1819

Medium

Hand-colored etching; reissue

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959