The Review
Rowlandson gently satirizes military men, with the long blue coat of the central officer suggesting that he is a navy officer. The company seems to await orders, as officers stand with legs apart and arms crossed, and figures at right have laid their drums on the ground. Full-coated uniforms such as this were in fashion in the middle of the eighteenth century, a period just before Rowlandson's own.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Review
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Date: ca. 1800
- Medium: Watercolor, pen and ink, brush and wash
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (21 x 31.8 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.227.15
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Multiple artists/makers
January 1794
Thomas Rowlandson
late 18th–early 19th century
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