Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)

The enraged husband and the extravagant wife

Details
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
The enraged husband and the extravagant wife
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
11 ½ x 14 7/8 in. (29.2 x 37.8 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs C.W. Dyson Perrins; Sotheby's, London, 24 February 1960, lot 51 (£200 to S. & R. Rosenberg).
Literature
A.P. Oppé, Thomas Rowlandson, his drawings and watercolours, London, 1923, pl. 7.

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Lot Essay

A satirical scene of an enraged man reproaching his wife for her spendthrift ways. He stands, clutching the bill which reveals her latest extravagant purchases, and gesticulates furiously. In comical contrast, his wife is seated calmly in her chair, wearing an expression of nonchalance, patently unperturbed by her husband's outburst. She is clothed in ostentatious and clearly expensive finery.

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