Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (1757 – 1827), a famous English caricaturist after George Moutard Woodward.
Title: Sadness.
Titled, Signed, Numbered, Proofed by the publisher, and Dated: in the plate.
Dimensions: Sheet 10 1/4" x 7 1/8". Mat 19 1/4" x 14 1/4".
Publisher: Pub: 21 Jan. 1800. at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Date: 1800.
Materials and Techniques: Etching on paper. Hand-colored. Matted.
Condition: Trimmed margins. Glued to another piece of paper, then mounted to mat board. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Le Brun Travested [sic], or Caricatures of the Passions.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum. No. 2004,1130.46.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. No. 59.533.685-.715. Both copies are colored differently: the liveried footman is colored in black.
Note: Beneath the Image: "This Passion is represented by an Old Maid, who is rendered completely miserable by the death of her favorite Lap-dog."