Money Lenders
Thomas Rowlandson, English, 1756 - 1827
1785
Etching, printed in bistre, with hand coloring on paper
Image: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4 in. (24.9 × 35 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 3/4 in. (29 × 40 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
2007.39.1
Publisher
William Humphrey (about 1740-1810), London
Geography/Culture
Europe, Great Britain
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Titled, in plate, lower center margin: MONEY LENDERS.; dated and inscribed, in ink, lower left margin: Pub‘d [d superscript] Novem.r [r superscript] 8th [th superscript] 1784 by W. Humphrey No. [o superscript] 227 L Frand [all in script]; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, center right: 33 [oriented vertically with left at bottom]
Course History
ENGL 22, The Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2015
SOCY 7.1, Race and Ethnicity, Emily Walton, Winter 2015
SOCY 7.2, Race and Ethnicity, Emily Walton, Spring 2014
ENGL 20, Age of Satire, Alysia Garrison, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
No Laughing Matter: Visual Humor in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in conjunction with the Humanities Institute, Leslie Center for the Humanities, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 6-December 9, 2007.
Publication History
Angela Rosenthal and David Bindman, No Laughing Matter: Visual Humor in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2003, p. 3, ill. p. 2.
Published References
British Museum catalogue number 6717
Provenance
A Private Collection of Prints, Oil Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings, lot 390, Bloomsbury Auctions, London, United Kingdom, Thursday, April 19, 2007; sold to present collection, 2007.
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