'Yesterday Was Married A Couple...'

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756 - 1827



'Yesterday Was Married A Couple...'

Thomas Rowlandson 1756 - 1827

Summary

Caricature of a wedding scene. On the left a clergyman, holding an open book in his hands, looks down and to the right at an elderly couple standing before him. The couple stand face to face, with the groom standing with his back to the viewer. The bride wears a bonnet and has an exaggerated pointed chin and nose. verso: A feint pencil sketched caricature of two men. The one on the right wears a wig and appears to be attacking the one on the left. Is mounted together with 1960.128(B).


Object Name

'Yesterday Was Married A Couple...'

Creators Name

Thomas Rowlandson

Date Created

1800 (circa)

Dimensions

support: 15.7cm x 13.5cm
mount (shared): 53.2cm x 38cm

accession number

1960.129

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

ink
pencil
watercolour

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