Bad speculation! [graphic]

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Title: Bad speculation! [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: [10 August 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Augt. 10, 1799, by R. Ackerman, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: "A stout, bewigged and bespectacled man seated in an armchair in profile to left, looking with set disappointment at a letter in his right hand: 'Sir, I am sorry to inform you your scheme for manuring Land with Old Wigs - will not do. I am Sir yours."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted on leaf 34 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 : sheet 21.3 x 18 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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