The grand-papa [graphic]

Description

Title: The grand-papa [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Wigstead, Henry, artist.
Published / Created: Jany. 1792.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand
Abstract: "A young woman holds a little girl on her lap; an ugly elderly man (three-quarter length) leans towards the child, holding a piece of sugar between his lips. The child looks up delightedly. On a table beside them (right) is a tray of tea-things."--British Museum online catalogue, description of reissued state of similar composition
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Mounted on verso of leaf 56 of volume 4 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 17.5 x 27 cm, sheet 19.8 x 29 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper gray wash.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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