Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)

Mr Screwdown the undertaker and a widow

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Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
Mr Screwdown the undertaker and a widow
inscribed 'I beg M^r Screwdown you will see the remains of my poor dear M^r [?Dearlove?] safely interred' (lower margin)
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on paper
8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (22.2 x 27 cm.)

Provenance

Weld, Dublin, where acquired on 27 June 1936.

Literature

A.E. Richardson, diary entry, 27 June 1936.

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Lot Essay

Dressed in widow's weeds and clasping a large handkerchief, a buxom woman is addressed by a young man on bended knee even as her husband's coffin is being carried out of her house. The ancestral portrait on the wall behind, handsomely framed, provides a clue as to her situation and the young man's aspirations. The same woman, distinguished by her classical features (rather in the mould of Mrs Siddons) makes an appearance in other drawings by Rowlandson.
27 June 1936
To Welds Bought 3 Rowlandsons.'
Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.

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