Disturbers of Domestic Happiness

Thomas Rowlandson

ca. 1815 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

A house is attacked while two a lady and a young girl sleep on a couch at center. Three bandits wield weapons, and one takes hold of the necklace of the lady. Another group of armed gentleman approach from the stairs at right. An early state before the title. This is a copy of an earlier Rowlandson print.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Date

ca. 1815

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959