Broad Grins, or a Black Joke
Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
June 4, 1812 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints
A woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy stands, laughing, alongside an elderly parson, who recoils in angry horror. A high garden wall is behind them, with a sign that reads, "Man Traps laid in these Grounds," and a hole in the wall, where a black servant looks through.
- Artist
- Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
- Date
- June 4, 1812
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959