Plucking a Spoony
Thomas Rowlandson
February 28, 1812 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints
A promising young "spooney" seated at left, entering into life's dangers, represented by the framed pictures above inscribed "Whoring," "Drinking," and "Gaming." He sits with his legs across a woman at left. A man at center pours two bottles into a punch bowl, and a man at right deals cards.
- Artist
- Thomas Rowlandson
- Date
- February 28, 1812
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959