Doctor Convex and Lady Concave [graphic] / Rowlandson inv.

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Title: Doctor Convex and Lady Concave [graphic] / Rowlandson inv.
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Copyright Date: [20 November 1802]
Abstract: "A man with a prodigious stomach and projecting nose and mouth stands at left in profile, opposite an elderly woman whose profile is shaped to accommodate his, having a crescent face with projecting forehead and chin, her body bent back and curved in at the waist and stomach, with bent knees."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: "Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter, is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?"--Text below title.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.2 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1802.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1802.
Subject (Name): Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Subject (Topic): Obesity.
Physiognomy.

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.
Citation: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 41