This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Crop your artwork:
Scan your QR code:
Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
Title: The Departure
Artist:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher:
William Humphrey (British, 1742?–in or before 1814)
Sitter:
Charles James Fox (British, 1749–1806)
Sitter:
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (British, Wimbledon, Surrey 1757–1806 Devonshire)
Sitter:
The Right Honorable Edmund Burke (British, born Ireland, Dublin 1729–1797 Beaconsfield)
Sitter:
Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (British, Wimbleton, Surrey 1761–1821 Florence)
Published in: London
Date: April 29, 1784
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 17 5/16 in. (29.3 × 44 cm)
Plate: 9 9/16 × 13 13/16 in. (24.3 × 35.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Object Number: 24.63.154
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
