Chris Beetles Gallery

Bar Practice

Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)

Price

£3,750

Medium

Watercolour with ink

Dimensions

6 ½ x 4 ½ inches

Illustrated

The Humorist, 1831, page 71

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1806-2025', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2025-January 2026, no 3

The present image was reproduced as a print after Rowlandson in The Humourist in 1831.

A social scene in a bustling bar is a composition that Rowlandson returned to frequently. A print of such a scene, 'The Pretty Barr Maid', is in the Royal Collections.

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