|

Select a Language

Close
Home | Contact | Useful Links | LAPADA Modern | LAPADA Fair | Object of the Year
 
 

John Robertson Fine Paintings

Betty Careless in the arms of an admirer

( c. 1790) British





Artist / Maker / Factory

THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)


Medium / Material

Pen, black ink and watercolour


Dimensions

14.00cm wide   19.00cm high (5.51 inches wide  7.48 inches high)


Description

Betty Careless or Betsy Careless was a notorious courtesan and later bagnio-owner in London.
Inscribed 'Betty Careless' lower center.


Provenance

Christie's London.


Current Condition

Good


Status

Sold