Sadness [graphic]

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Title: Sadness [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [21 January 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "An elderly woman (left) clasps her head in despair and looks up, away from the body of a tiny dog (King Charles spaniel) which a [black] liveried footman holds on a cushion. Both are three-quarter length. Beneath the design: 'This Passion is represented by an Old Maid, who is rendered completely miserable by the death of her favorite Lap-dog.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Plate numbered 'No. 12' in upper right corner.
Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Two lines of text below image: This passion is represented by an old maid who is rendered completely miserable by the death of her favorite lap-dog.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.7 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Death
Dogs
Older people
Servants
Single women
Subjects: Death
Dogs
Older people
Servants
Single women
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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