Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
English curiosity, or The foreigner stared out of countenance.
Call Number
D North 51/GC112/Box 06/Normal/Prints/Titles Do-En GA 2014.00219
Identifier
ark:/88435/6q182t23v
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1794/01/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1794
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26.6 x 31.1 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego I, pp. 145, 322-323
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Some distinguished foreigner was visiting this country in 1784, whose general appearance was exciting more public attention that would be considered polite. The foreigner is dressed in a gay military uniform, and has gone to enjoy himself at the theatre. But the eyes of the audience do little else but stare at his uniform. The identity of this bird of passage is not very positive at this date. The plate as a whole, is as characteristic and well-drawn an example of Rowlandson's etchings as can be found. The countenance of the spectators are capitally filled in. The various types of theatre-goers are hit off with spirit, and the female faces and figures are rendered with remarkable sweetness.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson 1794" [changed from 1784].

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Curiosity—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Visitors, Foreign—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Theater audiences—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b5b3741f-4db0-49c8-b031-6c124a4e75db/manifest