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Rural sports, or a game at quoits. 30 - 30 Oct 1811
Hand-coloured etching | 25.5 x 35.3 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810864
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A hand-coloured print of frivolity and play within a country village. A man concentrates at a game of quoits on a village green outside an inn whilst the spectators on the right seem preoccupied with other amusements. A bare-breasted woman flirts with a man who pretends to be without his legs whilst she kisses another man. A man watching the game is hit by a woman standing behind a fence wielding a broom. A fat man seated at a bench greedily drains a tankard. On the left stand more interested spectators, including a woman who attempts to drag her pre-occupied husband away. An inn stands in the background with drinkers outside. Inscribed in the plate: 97 / Rowlandson fecit / Pubd October 30th 1811 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside / Price one shilling coloured
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Hand-coloured etching
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25.5 x 35.3 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
24.8 x 35.1 cm (plate mark) (platemark)
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BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 11788Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 11788