In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- Attributed to George Moutard Woodward c.1760–1809
- Medium
- Watercolour and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 92 × 146 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
- Reference
- T09306
Display caption
This scene at a masked ball shows a corpulent old woman shaking her fists
at a young man. He drops his disguise and flees in terror.
Woodward was an amateur caricaturist, who lived in London on an allowance provided by his father. He produced hundreds of caricatures which, while they show his lack of artistic training, provide entertaining insights into the customs
and habits of Georgian society. Woodward was himself a dissolute character. He died in penury at the Brown Bear public house in Bow Street, London, in November 1809.
Gallery label, August 2004
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