At Dinner

Date1790

Engraver Thomas Rowlandson

MediumEtching with aquatint and period hand color

DimensionsOH: 8 1/4" x OW: 10 1/8"

Credit LineGift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object number1939-292

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "At Dinner"Label TextPrint is of a gentleman seated at a table devouring dinner. Infront of him is a joint from which a good deal of meat has been cut. A servant stands beside the table pouring wine from a jug into a glass on a tray. A dog sitting with his front paws up is in front of the table begging.ProvenanceBefore 1932, Frederick Keppel & Co. [1868-1940] (New York, NY);1932, purchased by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller [1874-1948] (New York, NY); 1939-given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).