Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 10

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Title: Comforts of Bath. [graphic] / Pl. 10
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Medical Historical Library, Yale University).
Published / Created: [6 January 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. January 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Description: Title etched below image.
Tenth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide.
Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 5 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 20.1 x 26, on sheet 21.2 x 28.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Aquatints England Bath 1798
Etchings England Bath 1798
Material: etching and aquatint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Bath (England)
Subject (Name): Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic): Health resorts
Dance
Balls (Parties)
Ballrooms
Chandeliers
Ballroom dancing
Subjects: Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805 > Illustrations
Bath (England)
Health resorts
Dance
Balls (Parties)
Ballrooms
Chandeliers
Ballroom dancing
England > 1798
England > Bath > 1798
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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