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THOMAS ROWLANDSON. Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner

Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in. (25 x 35 cm). Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Date: October 1811.
Rowlandson addresses the dilemma faced by all who dine out-the mystery of what takes place behind a closed kitchen door. The title restates the hollow promise made to patrons of an inn, whose kitchen we see in operation. Instead of clean food neatly prepared, a grotesque one-eyed cook rolls out a meat pie while bedewing the dish with rheum dripping from his nose and mouth, the stream stimulated by snuff held in a small round box. The slovenly standards of the kitchen extend to a maid with an exposed breast who reaches for a dish and fails to notice rats escaping from it. While Rowlandson trained at the Royal Academy and could produce sophisticated Rococo compositions, he was also a master of ribaldry. Most of his prints in this vein were issued by Thomas Tegg, a London print publisher, who sold the present example for a shilling.

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Author:

THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)

Title:

Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner

Caption:

Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in. (25 x 35 cm). Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Date: October 1811. Rowlandson addresses the dilemma faced by all who dine out-the mystery of what takes place behind a closed kitchen door. The title restates the hollow promise made to patrons of an inn, whose kitchen we see in operation. Instead of clean food neatly prepared, a grotesque one-eyed cook rolls out a meat pie while bedewing the dish with rheum dripping from his nose and mouth, the stream stimulated by snuff held in a small round box. The slovenly standards of the kitchen extend to a maid with an exposed breast who reaches for a dish and fails to notice rats escaping from it. While Rowlandson trained at the Royal Academy and could produce sophisticated Rococo compositions, he was also a master of ribaldry. Most of his prints in this vein were issued by Thomas Tegg, a London print publisher, who sold the present example for a shilling.

Technique/material:

Hand-colored etching

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Publisher:

Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846)

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Releases:

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Image size:

4133 x 2984 px | 35.3 MB

Print size:

35.0 x 25.3 cm | 13.8 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • ENGLAND • ETCHING • EUROPE • HAND-COLORED ETCHING • LONDON • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PRINTS • THOMAS ROWLANDSON • THOMAS TEGG (BRITISH, 1776-1846) • UNITED KINGDOM