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Thomas Rowlandson
LONDON 1756 - 1827
THE PORTRAIT-PAINTER'S ANTEROOM
Pen and black ink and watercolor over traces of pencil
117 by 195 mm; 4 1/2 by 7 5/8 in
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117 by 195 mm; 4 1/2 by 7 5/8 in
Catalogue Note
This watercolor is connected to William Combe’s The History of Johnny Quae Genus, a book that was published in 1822, for which Rowlandson provided twenty-four coloured aquatints. The story followed the adventures of Johnny Quae Genus, the adopted son of Dr Syntax, the subject of Combe and Rowlandson’s highly successful: The Tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque (1809-12). In the present work Johnny Quae Genus is seen on the far right.
Rowlandson’s creative process, which culminated in the aquatint, clearly matured over a number of years, as three other drawings of this subject, with compositional differences, survive. One is in a private collection, another (dated 1802) is in the Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand and the third is held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Rowlandson’s creative process, which culminated in the aquatint, clearly matured over a number of years, as three other drawings of this subject, with compositional differences, survive. One is in a private collection, another (dated 1802) is in the Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand and the third is held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
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