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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
Lot 76

THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)

The enraged husband and the extravagant wife

Closed5 July 2022

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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
The enraged husband and the extravagant wife
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
11 1⁄2 x 14 7⁄8 in. (29.2 x 37.8 cm.)

Mrs C.W. Dyson Perrins; Sotheby's, London, 24 February 1960, lot 51 (£200 to S. & R. Rosenberg).
Baron Alain de Rothschild (†); Christie's, London, 3 July 2018, lot 105, where purchased by the present owner.

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A satirical scene of an enraged man reproaching his wife for her spendthrift ways. He stands, clutching the bill which reveals her latest extravagant purchases, and gesticulates furiously. In comical contrast, his wife is seated calmly in her chair, wearing an expression of nonchalance, patently unperturbed by her husband's outburst. She is clothed in ostentatious and clearly expensive finery.