The convenience of two doors [graphic].
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11791322
Description
- Title
- The convenience of two doors [graphic].
- Contributor
-
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher. - Published / Created
- [21 April 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 21st April 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3, Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
A pretty, well-dressed young woman stands in the center of a well-furnished room in front of a sofa and between two doors. A disconcerted man backs out of the door to our left, while the girl looks to the right where a maid is opening the door and ushering in a large, older man
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Questionable attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 15.3 x 24 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Formerly mounted on leaf 25 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 : plate mark 17.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 27 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 1786
Stipple engravings England London 1786 - Material
- stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1786
England > London > 1786
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
- 7731042
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791322
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