An old maid in search of a flea [graphic] / ; Rowlandson ; G.M. Woodward invt.

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Title: An old maid in search of a flea [graphic] / ; Rowlandson ; G.M. Woodward invt.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S.W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: 1794 September 25
Copyright Date: Septr. 25, 1794.
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: 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: Companion print to: A tit bit for the buggs.
Four lines of verse below title: On record bold flea with Columbus youll stand ...
Number "3" in publisher's street address and digit "4" in "1794" etched backwards in imprint.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.8 x 23.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1794.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1794.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S.W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.

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.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8535
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 320