The Butler's Revenge

细节

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
The Butler's Revenge
with signature 'Rowlandson.' (lower right)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
5¾ x 9 5/8 in. (14.6 x 24.5 cm)
It has been suggested that some of the colours have been strengthened by a later hand.

来源

Mrs John Hay Whitney; Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 1999, lot 590.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The theme of chaos in the dining room was one which Rowlandson drew on a number of occasions. A watercolour similar to the present work and entitled Mad Dog in a Dining Room depicting a similar enraged figure wielding a knife with a dog peering out from under the table was engraved. Another watercolour entitled The disappointed Epicures show a dog upsetting a waiter as he enters the room (see J. Hayes, Rowlandson's Watercolours and Drawings, London, 1972, no. 45, illustrated).