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A Sudden Squall in Hyde Park

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827, English)

Etching (by Rowlandson) and color aquatint (by T. Malton), with an original 18th century border that appears partially hand-colored, partially aquatinted

Thomas Rowlandson, A Sudden Squall in Hyde Park

Thomas Rowlandson
A Sudden Squall in Hyde Park

 

 

Description

Date: 1791
Medium: Etching (by Rowlandson) and color aquatint (by T. Malton)
Dimensions: 340 x 460 mm. 13 3/8 x 18 1/8 in.
References: Grego I, pp. 302-4; David Tunick, Inc., Master Prints from Six Centuries, 1980, Cat. 10, #33
Signature: Signed in the plate “Drawn & Etch’d by T. Rowlandson” lower left; signed in the plate “Aquatinta by T. Malton” lower right
Annotation: Titled in the plate “A Sudden Squall in Hyde Park” bottom
Provenance: Initials CPG (?) in pencil verso (Grego or an heir?); Private collection, New York; 1976 to David Tunick, Inc., New York; 1998 to Private collection, U.S.A.; until 2014
Impression: Very fine, the colors fresh
Condition: In excellent condition, lightly foxed and some stains in the borders, the bottom right corner in the border possibly replaced and drawn in