Comedy in the Country, Tragedy in London

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

May 29, 1807 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

At top, a group of men and two women sit behind the orchestra, laughing. Below, spectators sit crying behind a weeping orchestra. A woman administers a smelling bottle to a fainting, crying man at left.

Artist

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

May 29, 1807

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917