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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)
Haymakers at Rest, or, Ease and Elegance
signed & dated 1798RCIN 913708
Watercolour of four haymakers lying against a haystack, asleep. A man and a bare breasted woman lie next to a rake whilst another couple embrace in their sleep on the left. In the foreground a leaking barrel has a dog asleep alongside it.
Bibliographic reference(s)
O(E) : Oppé, A.P., 1950. English Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London p. 525
