A Smoking Chimney and Scolding Wife: The Plagues of Man
A Smoking Chimney and Scolding Wife: The Plagues of Man

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A Smoking Chimney and Scolding Wife: The Plagues of Man,

ca. 1810–20

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756/57–1827; born and died London, England
x1947-190

Information

Title
A Smoking Chimney and Scolding Wife: The Plagues of Man
Dates

ca. 1810–20

Maker
Thomas Rowlandson
Medium
Pen and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions
27.4 x 20.1 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1947-190
Signatures
Signed in brown ink, lower right: T. Rowlandson
Culture
British
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, watercolor, wove paper
Subject
men, women, dogs, figures (representations), husbands, wives

Dickson Q. Brown; Mather Collection.

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