The Brilliants

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

The Brilliants

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.257 a-b

Description

Polychrome engraving, tavern scene of London club-men: rules of conduct posted at left; satirical portrayal of drunken gentlemen; in black-painted wooden frame of period.

Artwork Details

Medium

Ink, Paper, Ink, paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Attribution

Maker

Manufacturer

Rudolf Ackermann

Date made

circa 1801

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.59.257 A-B
VC.59.257a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Visible area

Height

16-3/4 in

Width

21-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. (42.5 x 54.6 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Conserved by the Northeast Document Conservation Center.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

An uncolored version of this print exists in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is dated January 15,1801. That image also includes a scroll tacked to the wall on the right side which states (as the HHV example does): "Rules to be Observed/ in this Society/ 1st That each Member shall/ fill a half Pint Bumper/ to the first Toasts./ 2nd That after Twenty four/ Bumper toasts are gone/ round, every may fill/ as he pleases./ 3 That any Member refusing/ to comply with the above/ Regulations to be fine [d] a/ bumper of Salt & Water." There are at least two versions of this image, (the original?) Rowlandson image (from which the print was taken) has women peeking in at the doorway at the right and no scroll on the wall [Jessa Krick, Collections Manager, 2/22/2017].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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