Waddling Out!
Companion print to Waddling In! (59.533.625), and one of series after Woodward showing city businessmen participating in the stock market. This shows a man headed out of the stock exchange, dejected at his losses. with the lintel lettered "Stock Exch...", a sign at right advises: "Fluctutation of the Fund" and a building in the right background is identified as "Bull, Bear & Co. Insurance Brokers."
Artwork Details
- Title: Waddling Out!
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Artist: After George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765–1809 London)
- Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
- Date: August 1, 1799
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (29.5 × 23 cm)
Plate: 9 15/16 × 7 9/16 in. (25.2 × 19.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.626
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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