Aerostation out at elbows, or, The itinerant aeronaut [graphic].
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11791427
Description
- Title
- Aerostation out at elbows, or, The itinerant aeronaut [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Itinerant aeronaut
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
- Published / Created
- [5 September 1785]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"Lunardi, slim and handsome, walks diagonally towards the spectator from the right, supported on a staff, his left hand held out as if begging. On his back is his collapsed balloon, a large bundle from which project a net and two oars or propellers. His dress is fashionable but ragged. In the background are trees and a church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state of similar composition
- Description
-
Title from caption below image.
Printmaker and date from earlier state in British Museum catalogue.
Later state, with plate shortened on bottom edge resulting in loss of imprint. Cf. No. 6858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Eight lines of verse below title: Behold an hero comely tall and fair! His only food phlogisticated air! ...
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 2 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 34 x 25 cm, on sheet 39.2 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. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806
- Subjects
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Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
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
- Catalog Record
- 12631816
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791427
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