Desire [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Desire [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher. - Published / Created
- [21 Feburary 1800]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. 21 Feb. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Abstract
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A pretty, young woman (right) sleeps, head in profile to the left, leaning against the back of a chair. An elderly man leans towards her, inspecting her avidly through his quizzing glass. The figures (three-quarter length) are cut off by the side margins. Beneath the design: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the Old Beau, & the sleeping Lady
- Description
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Title engraved above image.
Plate numbered 'No. 7' in upper right corner.
Seventh plate in a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Two lines of text below image: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the old beau & the sleeping lady.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher's stamp 'RA' in lower right corner of design.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 29 x 23.1 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 7 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 27.3 x 22.2 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 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. 7
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Stamps
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Eyeglasses
Leering
Older people
Young adults - Subjects
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Eyeglasses
Leering
Older people
Young adults
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
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
- 8246161
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791804
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