Odd Characters

Thomas Rowlandson British
Probably after George Murgatroyd Woodward British
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British

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Rowlandson and Woodward collaborated on this ebullient panel of heads tucked behind ribbons, as though into old-fashioned note boards. The dense gathering includes a preacher, a soldier, several well-dressed women, and a range of grotesque faces, and resembles a crowd assembled for a performance at the theater. Figures costumed as a Turk, a fanciful Hussar, and a Harlequin would be at home on the stage.

Odd Characters, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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