An astronomer!! [graphic]

Description

Title: An astronomer!! [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: [1 August 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 1 Augt. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
One line of text within design: This horse is certainly an astronomer! ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: riding habit.
Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 6 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 25 x 32.2 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 34.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Aquatints England London 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Material: etching and aquatint with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Horseback riding
Subjects: Horseback riding
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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