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Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
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Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)

A French barracks with soldiers preparing for a parade (recto); and Study of a woman wearing an elaborate bonnet (verso)

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Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827)
A French barracks with soldiers preparing for a parade (recto); and Study of a woman wearing an elaborate bonnet (verso)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour (recto) and pencil (verso) on Whatman paper
9 x 14 ¼ in. (22.9 x 36.2 cm.)

Sir Eldridge Hitchcock (†); Sotheby's, London, 24 February 1960, lot 16 (£350 to S. & R. Rosenberg).

Note du spécialiste

Rowlandson presents the interior of a busy French barracks with soldiers who are purportedly preparing for morning parade. Weapons and other military paraphernalia are depicted on the walls and in the room, yet the scene appears to be more of a domestic one: one woman nurses her baby, another trims a soldier's toenails while sitting on a bed, a child eats from a bowl, and a dog and cat enjoy the bustling activity. Rowlandson's composition presents a satire of the French military and is in marked contract to the simplicity of his 'English Barracks' (Grego I, p. 295; II, p. 393). Two engravings based on the present work are owned by the Lewis Walpole Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA. Depicted on the verso is a seated young girl wearing an elaborate bonnet.