Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

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Title: Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Singleton, Henry, 1766-1839, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 May 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs, May 12, 1800, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Description: Title etched below image.
Lower left corner: Vide Roderick Random, Vol. II, Chap. XXV.
Illustration to Adventures of Roderick Random.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 27.4 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 29 x 36.1 cm.
Mounted on leaf 41 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 34.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Aquatints England London 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Book illustrations
Material: etching and aquatint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Smollett, T. 1721-1771. (Tobias),
Fleet Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Breast feeding
Children
Prisoners
Prisons
Subjects: Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 > Illustrations
Fleet Prison (London, England)
Breast feeding
Children
Prisoners
Prisons
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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