A visit to the tombs in Westminster Abbey [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A visit to the tombs in Westminster Abbey [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, attributed name.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- Octr. 23, 1789.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Abstract
-
A tour guide leading two men with astonished looks on their caricatured faces (one holds a simple walking stick and his hat) and a fashionably dressed women through Westminster Abbey, points to a monument decorated with the effigies of three knights
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Former questionable attribution to Newton from local card catalog record.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher's advertisement below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admitce. 1 shillg.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted to 43 x 30 cm.
Watermark: countermark W. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 41 x 28 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 789.10.23.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Westminster Abbey.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Staffs (Sticks)
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Tour guides
Tourists - Subjects
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Westminster Abbey
Staffs (Sticks)
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Tour guides
Tourists
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7729309
- Object ID (OID)
- 10731159