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The image depicts three individuals. The primary figure is reclining in a large chair, dressed in a long-sleeved gown and wearing a bonnet. Another person is leaning over the chair, with curly hair and a bonnet, wearing a light dress with trim. A third person is partially kneeling to the right, holding a candlestick with a lit candle. The background features a fine pattern.
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The image depicts three individuals. The primary figure is reclining in a large chair, dressed in a long-sleeved gown and wearing a bonnet. Another person is leaning over the chair, with curly hair and a bonnet, wearing a light dress with trim. A third person is partially kneeling to the right, holding a candlestick with a lit candle. The background features a fine pattern.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Bawd on Her Last Legs

Thomas Rowlandson (artist); Elizabeth Jackson (publisher)

Date
1784, pubished 1785
Medium
etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 29.8 × 41.5 cm (11 3/4 × 16 5/16 in.) plate: 27.2 × 37.8 cm (10 11/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1945.5.203
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Seated figure
  • Woman
  • Man
  • Writing
  • Blood
Inscription

in plate, in image, at lower left: T Rowlandson / 1784; in plate, below image, at center: A BAWD ON HER LAST LEGS. / Pub.d 1.st June 1785 by E. Jackson No. 14 Marybone Street Golden Sq.r

NGA object ID 30980. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.