Salt Water and Fresh Water
Two scenes on one plate. In the top scene a hefty nude woman is helped frin a bathing maching into the water a younger nude woman and older dressed woman. Within the enclosure there are two partially clothed women. In the background there is a second bathing machine with a nude woman shown falling into the water but held around the waist by another figure.
In the bottom scene, within an interior by an open fireplace, a hefty nude man falls back in a wooden tub as he is scrubbed by an older woman. At left a young woman pours in hot water from a kettle onto the man.
In the bottom scene, within an interior by an open fireplace, a hefty nude man falls back in a wooden tub as he is scrubbed by an older woman. At left a young woman pours in hot water from a kettle onto the man.
Artwork Details
- Title: Salt Water and Fresh Water
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
- Date: March 25, 1800
- Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
- Dimensions: Image: 6 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (17.4 × 22.2 cm)
Image: 6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (17.6 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 10 5/16 in. (44.4 × 26.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.723
- 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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