What is Life Without the Enjoyment of a Friend (Parson Ambrose and M. Montague alias Mordeici)

1770–1827

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A young man with black hair sits at a table and drinks with an older man who wears a powdered wig, a pink vest and a green waistcoat.

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Title: What is Life Without the Enjoyment of a Friend (Parson Ambrose and M. Montague alias Mordeici)
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Date: 1770–1827
Medium: Pen and gray and brown ink, watercolor, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 6 15/16 x 6 5/8 in. (17.6 x 16.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.97.7(33)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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