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An Italian Family

After: Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756–1827)
Etched by: Samuel Alken (English, about 1750–1825)
1785

Medium/Technique Etching and aquatint with hand coloring (including mount), outer lines of mount ruled by hand
Dimensions Sheet: 42 x 53.5 cm (16 9/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Eleanor A. Sayre Fund
Accession Number2012.275
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Inscriptionsl.c. margin in captial letters: AN ITALIAN FAMILY
l.l.: Rowlandson Del.
l.r. S. Alken fecit
l.c. (beneath title): London. Pub.d 1785. by S. Alken. No. 3 Dufours Place Broad Street Soho. Sold by W. Hinton No. 5. Sweeting Alley Cornhill.
Provenance2002, sold by Andrew Edmonds, London to R. M. Light and Co., Inc., Santa Barbara, CA; 2012, sold by R.M. Light to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)