A Kick-Up at a Hazard Table

Date: ca. 1787-1790
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions: 339 x 482 mm. 13 3/8 x 19 in.
Signature: Signed within the plate "Rowlandson" lower right
References: Grego I, p. 273; Hayes, p. 160, no. 95, an undescribed, hand-colored, pre-publication proof in perhaps the earliest recorded version known of the print. Grego only knew a later copy, dated 1790, with the name of Wm. Holland as publisher
Provenance:  Strainchamp; Andrew Edmunds; 1975 to David Tunick, Inc., New York; 1976 to Private collection, U.S.A.
Impression: A very fresh, fine impression with bright colors
Condition: In excellent condition except for two wormholes; wide margins, original wash borders