[A party of ice skaters] [graphic].

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11791341

Description

Title
[A party of ice skaters] [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created
[not before 1795]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
Pub Aug. 6, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Abstract

"Skaters of varying competence on a frozen river, some to right and left sitting at stalls and having skates fitted; strip cut from a sheet of a drawing book."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title devised by curator.
Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum online catalogue.
Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a plate originally published with the imprint "Pub Aug. 6, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly." Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,1214.437.
Date of publication based on Fores's street address, to which he moved ca. 1795-1797. See British Museum online catalogue.
Reissue of a plate from: Rowlandson, T. Outlines of figures & landscapes. [London] : Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ..., [1790-92].
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with nearly complete loss of imprint and probable loss of additional images. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1874,0509.114.
Formerly mounted on leaf 32 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 7.1 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Etchings England London 1795
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > London > 1795
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
12907051
Object ID (OID)
11791341

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