Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Doctor Brainbarrel conveyed home in order to take his trial for neglect of family duty. 30 - 30 Nov 1810
Hand-coloured etching | 26.1 x 36.0 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810823
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A hand-coloured print of a country scene in which an inebriated doctor is being wheeled home in a wheelbarrow who has been summoned to face the charge of neglecting his family by his wife who walks alongside the wheelbarrow shaking her fist. The wheelbarrow is being pushed by an amused man whilst in the background, two more men stand outside 'The Horns' pub laughing at the spectacle. In the left of the foreground, a chicken squawks whilst others peck around her. Inscribed in the plate: Tegg's caricatures No 23 / Price One shilling coloured / Pubd November 30th 1810 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside / Rowlandson Del
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
26.1 x 36.0 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
24.6 x 35.0 cm (plate mark) (platemark)
Other number(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 11641Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 11641
Place of Production
Greater London [England]
