A rotation office [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A rotation office [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Wigstead, Henry, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [8 June 1774]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. June 8th, 1774, by H. Humphry, Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"A London justice of peace seated behind a table in his office, his hands clasped. On his right and left are three men holding their hats and canes, who may be either justices or visitors. At the end of the table (left), sits the justice's clerk writing with his left hand. On the wall over the presiding justice's head is a placard, "Robbery, Murder ... Beware of Justice"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue.
The initials "H.W." suggest the design is after Henry Wigstead. See British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Annotated with price "6 d." in lower right corner, in ink in a contemporary hand.
Formerly mounted on leaf 3 of volume 1 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 12.1 x 17.8 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching with aquatint in brown ink ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
-
England > 1774
England > London > 1774
18th century
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
- 12324784
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791297
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