THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)
Comedy Spectators.
8 Oct 1789RCIN 810352
These images were printed from a single plate and have been trimmed to form two prints. The reaction of an audience was a popular theme for Rowlandson, who had many friends in the theatre. As well as parodying an everyday sight in fashionable London, the print also echoes a celebrated print by Hogarth of a laughing audience as a row of open-mouthed faces reacting to a scene out of view.
Probably purchased by Queen Victoria, 1854
Cats 26 and 27