Title: The Departure
Object type: Print
Date: April 29, 1784
Artist:  Thomas Rowlandson 
Artist bio: British, London 1757–1827 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
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
Credit line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Geography: Published in London         
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: Men, term: Women, term: Donkeys, term: Politics