A Cake in Danger
Thomas Rowlandson, English, 1756 - 1827
April 20, 1806
Hand colored etching on wove paper
Image: 12 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (30.8 × 22.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (33.4 × 23.7 cm)
Mount: 14 7/16 × 9 15/16 in. (36.7 × 25.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Jane and W. David Dance, Class of 1940
PR.2004.27
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right: 1806 / Rowlandson; inscribed, in plate, lower center: A CAKE IN DANGER. / "Careful Observers, studious of the Town, / " Shun the Misfortunes that disgrace the Clown Gays Trivia
Course History
WRIT 5, Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2014
ENGL 22, Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2019
Exhibition History
Past, Present, and Future: New Acquisitions in British Prints, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 30, 2004.
Provenance
Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2004.
Catalogue Raisonne
J. Grego. Rowlandson the Caricaturist, 2 vols. (Longdon, 1880). p. 58.
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