A Tailors Wedding February 20, 1814 Thomas Rowlandson Couples are energetically dancing at a wedding reception. A seated fiddler plays with closed eyes at right. Through a doorway partly covered with curtains the bride and groom are seen embracing. On the wall is a placard that reads:"They dance in a roundCutting capers and rampingA mercy the groundDid not burst with their stampingThe floor is all wettWith leaps and with jumpsWhile the water and sweatSplish splash in their pumps.". A Tailors Wedding. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London). February 20, 1814. Hand-colored etching.
A Tailors Wedding February 20, 1814 Thomas Rowlandson Couples are energetically dancing at a wedding reception. A seated fiddler plays with closed eyes at right. Through a doorway partly covered with curtains the bride and groom are seen embracing. On the wall is a placard that reads:"They dance in a roundCutting capers and rampingA mercy the groundDid not burst with their stampingThe floor is all wettWith leaps and with jumpsWhile the water and sweatSplish splash in their pumps.". A Tailors Wedding. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London). February 20, 1814. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776–1846). Prints
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