An astronomer!! [graphic]

Description

Title: An astronomer!! [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: [1 August 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 1 Augt. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
One line of text within design: This horse is certainly an astronomer! ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: riding habit.
1 print : etcing and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 29 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of series title and number.
Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 32.2 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 34.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Aquatints England London 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Material: etching and aquatint with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Horseback riding
Subjects: Horseback riding
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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