Modern Antiques
Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
1811? · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints
Among a collection of Egyptian and classical antiques a young woman is embraced by an officer, who draws her into a mummy case. Also in the room is an elderly man with a monocle who inspects a sarcophagus. On the floor an open book reads: "Loves of the Gods, embell'd with Cuts"
- Artist
- Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
- Date
- 1811?
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959