An Italian Family

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756–1827)

Samuel Alken (English, about 1750–1825)

1785

Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint with hand coloring (including mount), outer lines of mount ruled by hand

DimensionsSheet: 42 x 53.5 cm (16 9/16 x 21 1/16 in.)

Credit LineEleanor A. Sayre Fund

Accession number2012.275

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Inscriptionsl.c. margin in captial letters: AN ITALIAN FAMILY l.l.: Rowlandson Del. l.r. S. Alken fecit l.c. (beneath title): London. Pub.d 1785. by S. Alken. No. 3 Dufours Place Broad Street Soho. Sold by W. Hinton No. 5. Sweeting Alley Cornhill.Provenance2002, sold by Andrew Edmonds, London to R. M. Light and Co., Inc., Santa Barbara, CA; 2012, sold by R.M. Light to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)