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John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the hall of Greenwich hospital / etched & pub. by T Rowlandson.

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827

John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the hall of Greenwich hospital / etched & pub. by T Rowlandson.

[London] : Etched and Pubd by T. Rowlandson April 26. 1807 N I James St Adelphi, 1807 April 26.
hand colored etching
image: 203 x 150 mm; sheet: 238 x 173 mm
Peel 1918
Notes
Lettered with title, artist's name and publication line 'Etched and Pubd by T. Rowlandson April 26. 1807 N I James St Adelphi.'
After John Nixon.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decoration is shown, swirling allegorical figures, nude and partly draped. On the right is the lower left. corner of a large heavily framed picture: a man in Roman draperies, and a woman in longer draperies. Two sightseers and a small boy gaze at the wall, the man yawning cavernously. The guide says: "Here is Prince George of Denmark, and in & the Prospective a View of St Pauls London, Sr James Thornhill in the Wig &&&'".

Associated names
Nixon, John, -1818, After.
Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints