Cold Broth & Calamity
A skating scene shows men falling through thin ice while skating. At center three figures are intertangled in a hole, with two stretching their arms onto the ice and another represented by his legs only. At left two additional heads bob above the ice, and at right two men who look over at them trip and fall. The drama is watched from shore by three men who stand near a tent that flies a flag.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cold Broth & Calamity
- Artist and publisher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Artist: After Henry Wigstead (British, 1745?–1800 Margate)
- Date: January 26, 1792
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Image: 7 1/8 × 11 1/16 in. (18.1 × 28.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 13 1/16 in. (23.8 × 33.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.2104
- 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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