Sports of a Country Fair by Thomas Rowlandson

Hand-coloured print of a crowd fleeing a burning fairground theatre, with people tumbling down stairs and off a balcony.

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Sports of a Country Fair, Thomas Rowlandson (October 5, 1810), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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This hand-coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, titled Sports of a Country Fair, shows a panicked crowd tumbling down a wooden staircase and off a balcony as flames consume the upper windows of a fairground theatre. A striped circus tent and a sign reading Cockburns Company are visible in the scene. The print is dated October 5, 1810, and is held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Date

October 5, 1810

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0