Despair [graphic]

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11791819

Description

Title
Despair [graphic]
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created
[21 February 1800]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. 21 Feb., 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract

"Two juxtaposed but unrelated half length figures, a man (right) and woman, with expressions of angry despair, anger prevailing in the woman's face. Beneath the design: 'A disappointed Old Maid & Bachelor, are selected as proper Subjects to represent the Passion of Despair.'"--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved above image.
Plate numbered 'No. 20' in upper right corner.
Plate from 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: A disappointed old maid & bachelor are selected as proper subjects to represent the passion of despair.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28 x 21.3 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 30 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 27.5 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co. 1799
Stamps
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Bachelors
Despair
Older people
Single women
Subjects
Bachelors
Despair
Older people
Single women
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Russell & Co. > 1799
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 > Stamp
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
8246181
Object ID (OID)
11791819

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