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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

St. James's ; St. Giles's / H. Wigstead invt.

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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827

St. James's ; St. Giles's / H. Wigstead invt.

Published

[London] : Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand, Jany. 1792.

etching
plate mark: 273 x 197 mm; sheet: 279 x 178 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1712
Notes
Printmaker from BM Satires.
First issue; later reissued in 1794 by S.W. Fores, with his name added to the imprint and the "2" altered to read "4" in the original publication year.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Two designs on one sheet; above are two fashionably dressed courtesans (three-quarter length) seated facing each other; one (right) holds a punch-bowl, the other, who looks at the spectator with a leer, holds a glass. Below, two burly women, prostitutes of the lowest type, stand together, full face, one (left) with her arm across the shoulders of the other.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department