Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
Lot 515

Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)

Mr Screwdown the undertaker and a widow

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 625

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Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
Mr Screwdown the undertaker and a widow
inscribed 'I beg Mr Screwdown you will see the remains of my poor dear Mr [?Dearlove?] safely interred' (lower margin)
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on paper
8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (22.2 x 27 cm.)

Weld, Dublin, where acquired on 27 June 1936.

Specialist note

Dressed in widow's weeds and clasping a large handkerchief, a buxom woman is addressed by a young man on bended knee even as her husband's coffin is being carried out of her house. The ancestral portrait on the wall behind, handsomely framed, provides a clue as to her situation and the young man's aspirations. The same woman, distinguished by her classical features (rather in the mould of Mrs Siddons) makes an appearance in other drawings by Rowlandson.
27 June 1936
To Welds Bought 3 Rowlandsons.'
Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.