The Bassoon with a French Horn Accompaniment

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

May 16, 1811 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

This is one of two prints that Rowlandson devoted to a snoring couple, using the title to suggest that the man projects a lower sound and the woman a higher. In this 1811 version published by Thomas Tegg, a detailed view of the couple's bedroom enhances the narrative, with the sword and shotgun hanging on the wall suggesting that the man was a soldier who has returned to a country life. In 1803, for William Holland, Rowlandson centered the image on the heads of the two sleepers (see 59.533.888 and 59.533.2018 for the earlier image; and 59.533.1398, and 59.533..2017 for other impressions of this image).

Artist

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

May 16, 1811

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917