A diving machine on a new construction [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A diving machine on a new construction [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created
- [31 May 1806]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 31, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1, James St., Adelphi
- Abstract
-
"Fox, in a diver's dress which leaves his face and hands bare, stands on the bed of the ocean, speaking, through a tube inscribed 'Haul up', to his assistants in a boat; these haul on a pulley attached to the mast of the boat, but cut off by the upper margin. Fox has fastened the rope to a chest inscribed '10 Per Cent'; this, with an anchor inscribed 'Pig Iron' and three barrels, one inscribed 'Beer Tax', lies on the ocean bed. He turns his back on the dead body of John Bull, lying on his back, beside the wrecked hull of the 'Constitution Cutter - John Bull commander (whose cargo he is seizing); only the top of the mast projects above the surface of the 'Ocean of Taxation'; on this a carrion bird perches, another flies towards it. The boat from which Fox has descended is 'The Experiment'; in it are salvaged money-bags inscribed '10 Pr Cent'; its crew are (l. to r.), Windham (?), Sheridan, Erskine, and Petty."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Year of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 37 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 24.1 x 35 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. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Windham, William, 1750-1810
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863 - Subject (Topic)
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John Bull (Symbolic character)
Barrels
Diving suits
Shipwrecks - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Windham, William, 1750-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Barrels
Diving suits
Shipwrecks
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
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
- 12851454
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791914