Thomas Rowlandson Watercolour Drawing Charity Circa. 1790 Tapestry John Palfreman and his wife

John Palfreman and his wife Elizabeth Palfreman

After which he served as Secretary of the British Embassy in Paris and later as Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal

Century Dutch Manganese Delftware Tile Depicting The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden

Walter Brandt Collection and thence by descent

She was married to Captain King RN (later Vice Admiral Sir Richard King) in November 1803 at Stoke Damerel in Devon

Thomas Rowlandson Watercolour Drawing Charity Circa. 1790 Tapestry John Palfreman and his wifeThomas Rowlandson 1756 1827. British School 18th. Century. Watercolour drawing on laid paper laid on to backing card. Depicting a young girl dispensing charity to a poor couple. 13 by 18 cms. Thomas Rowlandson was a draughtsman and printmaker whose distinctive social satire has become integral to the popular vision of late Georgian Britain. He was born in London in 1757 and educated at Dr Barwis school in Soho Square before attending the Royal Academy