Mrs. Showwell
[London] : Pubd Febry 26. 1807 by T Rowlandson N I James Street Adelphi, 1807 February 26.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Below the title: "The Woman who shews General Guise collection of Pictures at Oxford". She stands directed to the left., holding a pointer with which she slyly points to a picture of Suzanna and the Elders. She is old and grotesquely ugly, wearing a hat over a frilled cap, an apron, and bunched-up skirt. Her left hand is on her hip, a large key dangling from the fourth finger. A corner of the room is shown, the pictures fitted closely together; three rows are depicted, hung above a dado; a fourth is indicated. The pictures are very freely drawn, and one at least is burlesqued."
Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850, former owner.