"Nil amplius opto" I am at the summit of my wishes. [graphic]

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Title: "Nil amplius opto" I am at the summit of my wishes. [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created: [29 July 1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publ. according to act, July 29th, 1780, by J. Jones & T. Rowlandson, N. 103 Wardour St., Soho
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by curator.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching with roulette, hand-colored ; sheet 21.9 x 18.7 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement.
Mounted to 23.4 x 20.2 cm.
Formerly mounted on leaf 5 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 23.5 x 19 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Etchings England London 1780
Material: etching with roulette ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1780
England > London > 1780
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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