Quarter Day, or Clearing the Premises without Consulting Your Landlord
Household goods and furniture are being piled into an open cart. A muscular man stands inside it, taking things from a woman at right. A girl at left left brings two cages with a mouse and a bird. A pretty young woman is in the doorway. Two children play with a large cat in the foreground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Quarter Day, or Clearing the Premises without Consulting Your Landlord
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Date: 1814
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 15/16 in. × 9 in. (32.8 × 22.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.1554
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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