House-Breakers
Two men holding pistols look around a partly open door at a couple in a bedroom at night. Stepping from the bed, the man wears a night shirt and aims a blunderbuss at the burglars, as his wife kneels behind him. A candle burns on a table at left and there is an overturned chamber pot on the floor. Within a printed aquatint border.
Artwork Details
- Title: House-Breakers
- Artist: Drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Etcher: Aquatint by Thomas Malton (British, London 1748–1804 London)
- Publisher: S. W. Fores (London)
- Date: August 1, 1791
- Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 12 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (30.9 × 36.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.431
- 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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