Plate 1, from "World in Miniature"

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

1816 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery." Three scenes: at top, Peter Pigg Horse Dealer stands outside his stable and points to a rearing horse at left for a customer at right; at middle, a fight breaks out between soldiers in various uniforms; below, a pregnant woman walks alongside a donkey that carries five other children, and a man hobbling on crutches ahead of them.

Artist

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

1816

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1917