House – Breakers

Thomas Rowlandson

House – Breakers

London, S W Fores c. 1795

Etching with aquatint by Thomas malton

Original hand colouring

300 x 375 mm

Trimmed to decorative border, stuck on old board

£280

A couple having been awoken by burglars who, pointing pistols at the owners, are either entering or leaving through the door on the right. The couple climb from their bed, the man holding a blunderbuss aimed at the burglars. His wife has her arms around his waist. A chamber pot lies, overturned, on the floor.