Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq, Paris)

Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson British
 After Pierre Nolasque Bergeret French
 (?) Thomas Tegg British

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A crowd has gathered outside "Martinet Librairie," a popular printshop at no. 124 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré in Paris, trying to view both the images in the window and one another. Attributed to Rowlandson, the etching is based on a pen lithograph by the French artist Bergeret that Aaron Martinet published in 1805 (see 1984.1026.1). The underlying humor contrasts English tourists with more sophisticated Parisians, and would have appealed to Rowlandson, who visited France often and been raised by an aunt of Hugenot descent. The English origins of this print are affirmed by the insertion of the name of Thomas Tegg, a London publisher, on a poster at upper left.

Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq, Paris), Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq, Paris), Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching
Les Musards de la Rue du Coq à Paris (Dawdlers of the Rue Coq, Paris), Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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