A Rowlandson revolution? Drawing conclusions as major-name works come up for sale again
BACK in July 1984, Christie’s took £75,000 (£81,000 with premium) for Thomas Rowlandson’s (1756-1827) pièce de résistance watercolour of Box-lobby loungers.
Depicting a Covent Garden scene packed with London's high society, this marvellous composition was a…