Despair [graphic]

Description

Title: Despair [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [21 February 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 21 Feb., 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "Two juxtaposed but unrelated half length figures, a man (right) and woman, with expressions of angry despair, anger prevailing in the woman's face. Beneath the design: 'A disappointed Old Maid & Bachelor, are selected as proper Subjects to represent the Passion of Despair.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved above image.
Plate numbered 'No. 20' 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: A disappointed old maid & bachelor are selected as proper subjects to represent the passion of despair.
Watermark: Russell & Co 1799.
Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: RA.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co. 1799
Stamps
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bachelors
Despair
Older people
Single women
Subjects: Bachelors
Despair
Older people
Single women
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Russell & Co. > 1799
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 > Stamp
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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