An old maid in search of a flea [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- An old maid in search of a flea [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Fores, S. W., publisher.
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist. - Published / Created
- Septr. 25, 1794.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"A lean old woman in night-cap and shift sits in an arm-chair pouncing on an insect on her upraised knee. A cat sits on the arm of the chair. Bedroom furniture and utensils, with clothes thrown to the floor, are in the foreground. The bed-curtains form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Number "3" in publisher's street address and digit "4" in "1794" etched backwards in imprint.
Four lines of verse below title: On record bold flea with Columbus youll stand ...
Companion print to: A tit bit for the buggs.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher's stamp in lower right corner of sheet, partially trimmed: S.W.[F.].
Mounted on leaf 58 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 : sheet 34.8 x 24 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. 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1794
England > London > 1794
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
- 12714579
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791659
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