The consultation [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The consultation [graphic]
- Creator
- Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"Six doughty doctors standing together in discussion, wearing wigs, tailcoats and carrying tricorne hats and walking canes; one at left thoughtfully taps his mouth with the handle of his cane, one at centre, seen from behind, holds his hat behind his back in both hands, a sword at his side; another at right leans forward solidly, resting his folded arms on his cane."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Probably a later state of the plate, with additional aquatint shading added. For a probable earlier state with the imprint "London, Pubd. Septr. 1785 by S. Alken ....", see Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.: 59.533.100.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1943,1113.254.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint from lower edge.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Consultation.
1 print : etching and aquatint on laid paper ; sheet 28.2 x 34.9 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on verso of leaf 4 of volume 9 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 27 x 34 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. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Aquatints England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790 - Material
- etching and aquatint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Physicians
Staffs (Sticks) - Subjects
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Physicians
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1790
England > London > 1790
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
- Catalog Record
- 7682138
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791964
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