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O Tempora, O Mores ! Jan 1787
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint | 43.1 x 52.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810232
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A hand-coloured print of three drunken young male students asleep around a table on which stands a large punchbowl and drinking glasses. Two elderly men standing, look on in disgust and horror, one of them holding his hands-up in disbelief. Around the room are pictures of sexual nature. A violin and hunting hat also hang on the wall, evidence of the young men's pursuit of pleasure. A wooden tub holding bottles is on the floor in front of the fire along with discarded mortar boards. Inscribed in the plate: T Rowlandson delt. / S Alken fecit / London Pubd. Jany 1787 by S Alken No 3 Dufours Place Broad Street Soho
Provenance
Purchased from William Holland by George IV when Prince of Wales, 1790, for 7s 6d (TNA HO73/20/1, f.17)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint
Measurements
43.1 x 52.2 cm (sheet of paper)
37.0 x 46.0 cm (platemark)