Plate 30: The Social Day, 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." Activities along the river: at right, a long table of men and women picnic and raise their glasses for a toast. At left, three musicians play and three figures dance.

Artist

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

1816

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1917