Price: $750.00
SKU: 104185
ARTIST: Thomas Rowlandson
PUBLISHER: London. Pub. April 21 1809. by Reeve K Jones No. 7 Verk Street, Bond Street.
MEDIUM: Etching,
DATE: 1809.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 1/8 x 8 1/2"
DESCRIPTION: The subject addresses the culture of art appreciation and collecting that flourished in London during the early nineteenth century. The period witnessed a growing market for paintings, prints, and antiquities, accompanied by the emergence of self-proclaimed experts eager to display their taste and learning. Rowlandson frequently found fertile ground in such displays of social ambition, using caricature to expose the gap between genuine knowledge and fashionable pretension. In Connoisseurs, the figures are likely presented with exaggerated expressions and gestures, emphasizing the comic spectacle of individuals scrutinizing works of art while simultaneously becoming objects of observation themselves.
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CONDITION: Good condition and color.
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