Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Four o'clock in the country.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 07/Normal/Prints/Titles En-Fo GA 2014.00244
Identifier
ark:/88435/mk61rr03n
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1790/10/20.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1790
Extent
1 item ; sheet 33 x 41.8 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego I, pp. 281-282
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Aquatints, Hand coloring
Depiction: The episode presented in this picture is the complete reverse of that shown in the companion plate Four O'Clock in Town. While the London rake is being assisted to his late bed the country Nimrod is rising with the dawn. The enthusiast for the chase has tumbled out of his early couch. His clothes are hastily thrown on in the partial light of daybreak, and he is, while still half- asleep, making terrific exertions to draw on his boots. His wife, who has not had time to commence her toilette, and who, evidently, will resume her interrupted repose on the departure of the hunting party, is standing, exactly as she has left her bed, with a bottle of cordial and a glass, pouring out a nip of comfort to keep out the cold, for the benefit of her sporting spouse.
Depiction: The chamber is alive with motion, and it is evidently the accustomed method of departure. Pairs of dogs are rushing about, huntsmen and grooms are carrying saddles on their heads and making preparations for the start. The remains of last night's relaxations, in the shape of pipes and mugs of ale, are still uncleared, and the articles scattered around, guns, saddles, whips, hunting-horns, and fox- skins, attest the pronounced sporting tastes of the country squire. A pretty child is tranquilly sleeping, in its cradle, undisturbed by the bustle of the hunter's early start.
Signed in plate: "Rowlandson 1788".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Design'd & etch'd by T. Rowlandson".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Families—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Hunters—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Dwellings—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Morning—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Country life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Yawning—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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