A Sudden Squall in Hyde Park

Date: 1791

Medium: Etching (Rowlandson) and color aquatint (Malton), with an original 18th century border that appears partially hand-colored, partially aquatinted

Dimensions: 397 x 509 mm.          15 5/8 x 20 in.

References: Grego I, pp. 302-4; David Tunick, Inc., Master Prints from Six Centuries, 1980, Cat. 10, #33

Signature: Signed in the plate “Drawn & Etch’d by T. Rowlandson” lower left; signed in the plate “Aquatinta by T. Malton” lower right

Annotation: Titled in the plate “A Sudden Squall in Hyde Park” bottom

Provenance: Initials CPG (?) in pencil verso (Grego or an heir?);

Private collection, New York; 1976 to

David Tunick, Inc., New York; 1998 to

Private collection, U.S.A.; until 2014

 Impression: Very fine, the colors fresh

 Condition: In excellent condition, lightly foxed and some stains in the borders, the bottom right corner in the border possibly replaced and drawn in