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ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY WIGSTEAD (C. 1745-1800)
Bookseller and Author
25 Sep 1784RCIN 913704
Rowlandson and his friend Wigstead were close collaborators – their drawings are often confused. This drawing has at times been thought to be by one, and at other times by the other. It lacks Rowlandson’s fluidity and sureness, however, and is almost certainly by Wigstead.
Cat. 14
Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 6722
