The Departure
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: The Right Honorable Edmund Burke|Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough|William Humphrey|Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire|Charles James Fox|Thomas Rowlandson
Artist bio: British, born Ireland, Dublin 1729–1797 Beaconsfield|British, Wimbleton, Surrey 1761–1821 Florence|British, 1742?–in or before 1814|British, Wimbledon, Surrey 1757–1806 Devonshire|British, 1749–1806|British, London 1757–1827 London
Artist role: Sitter|Sitter|Publisher|Sitter|Sitter|Artist
Artist nationality: British|British|British|British|British|British
Date: April 29, 1784
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 17 5/16 in. (29.3 × 44 cm)
Plate: 9 9/16 × 13 13/16 in. (24.3 × 35.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Geography:  London     
Credit line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession year: 1924
Tags: Satire|Politics|Men|Women|Donkeys