Patience in a punt [graphic]

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Title: Patience in a punt [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Published / Created: [20 March 1803]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 20 March 1803, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog. On the right, a swan swims toward the boat
Description: Title etched below 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 11 of volume 8 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 18.2 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Boats
Dogs
Eyeglasses
Fishing
Pipes (Smoking)
Subjects: Boats
Dogs
Eyeglasses
Fishing
Pipes (Smoking)
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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