Working over the flats in troubled water

Working over the flats in troubled water

Item Information

Title:
Working over the flats in troubled water
Description:
Sheridan in harlequin dress rows an open boat, over which large waves are breaking, towards a rock on the horizon inscribed 'Cape Clear', The others in the boat are (left to right) Moira, in the bows, Yarmouth pumping hard, the Regent, McMahon, and Lady Hertford who steers with an oar. Next her sits the Prince, vomiting, his head held by McMahon, who says, "This is Sorry—Work indeed."
Artist:
Elmes, William, active 1797-1820
Date:
July 1, 1812
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 1
Subjects:
Boats
Rowing
Vomiting
Princes
Nobility
Politicians
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817
Hertford, Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, Marquess of, 1777-1842
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/x346dn22d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
111 Cheapside : Tho's Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115.
On item: 152.
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 1," the first volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000340
Barcode:
36666003259005