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Box Lobby Loungers

Etcher Thomas Rowlandson British
After Henry Wigstead British
Publisher John Raphael Smith British
January 5, 1811
Not on view
A reissue of print first published 1786. A crowded room next to a theater, which is glimpsed through two open doors at right. Courtesans and ladies are being inspected by loungers, including Colonel George Hanger (later Lord Coleraine) with a club under his arm (his "Supple Jack"). Hanger looks at two attractive courtesans and fails to notice a pickpocket taking the seals from his fob. At right two more fashionably dressed women attract elderly admirers. Two sea captains regard a short elderly beau with contempt. Other figures include two "Don Juans", and a woman who sells oranges and programs and acts as a bawd. A playbill reads: "Theatre Royal Covent Garden / The Way of the World / Who's the Dupe."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Box Lobby Loungers
  • Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Artist: After Henry Wigstead (British, 1745?–1800 Margate)
  • Publisher: John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
  • Date: January 5, 1811
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 16 x 22 13/16 in. (40.7 x 57.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.1083
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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