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Plate 4: A Lying-in Visit, A Round Dance, from "World in Miniature"

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
1816
Not on view
One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery."

Three scenes: at top, a lying-in visit with the mother in a rocking chair at left and a baby being admired by three ladies at right; at middle, a round dance with fiddle players at left; below, ship-building on the shore.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 4: A Lying-in Visit, A Round Dance, from "World in Miniature"
  • Series/Portfolio: World in Miniature
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1816
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (24 × 17.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.49.2(3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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