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A Penny Barber, Thomas Rowlandson, 1789
Thomas Rowlandson, portraitThomas RowlandsonBritish, 1756–1827

A Penny Barber

1789 · Print

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
3 days ago
In this state since
Aug 19, 2026
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

Particulars

1789 · aged 33
17561827
Accession number
1945.5.585

What it shows

Seated figureInteriorCostumeMan

In the catalog

PrintsEtchingNeoclassicism18th centuryBritish

Sources

  • National Gallery of Art
  • Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

Meanwhile, in the life of Thomas Rowlandson

The whole life
  1. 1780–1790 · Workplace

    Northern Low Countries

  2. c. 1790

    Helps to shape the figure of John Bull

    From about 1790, together with other British satirists such as James Gillray and George Cruikshank, he helped to develop the personification of the United Kingdom named John Bull.

  3. 1791 · Workplace

    Düsseldorf

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