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Doctor Syntax, in the Middle of a Smoking HotPolitical Squabble, wishes to Wet his W histle by Thomas Rowlandson

Doctor Syntax, in the Middle of a Smoking HotPolitical Squabble, wishes to Wet his W histle

Thomas Rowlandson · published 1813

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Palette

Taupe
 40% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Parchment
 24% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.3:1
Putty
 21% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1
Sand
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.4:1
Caramel
 5% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Slate blue
 2% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.4:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
1756–1827
Date
published 1813
Type
Print
Medium
hand-colored etching
Size
sheet: 34.7 × 54.7 cm (13 11/16 × 21 9/16 in.)
Place
British
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 20

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1827: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1898. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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