Miseries of the table [graphic] : 9. Dialogue / Rowlandson delt. et sculpt.

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Title
Miseries of the table [graphic] : 9. Dialogue / Rowlandson delt. et sculpt.
Alternative Title
Inviting a friend (whom you know to be particularly fond of the dish) to partake of a fine hare ...
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist.
Contributor
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Published / Created
1807 January 1
Copyright Date
[1 January 1807]
Publication Place
[London]
Publisher
R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract

"Four men and two ladies are seated at dinner, a small child on each side of the host (left). A footman (right) brings in a steaming haunch of venison, followed by a fat maid-servant with a second dish. All the diners register extreme disgust."--British Museum online catalogue.

Description
"Page 194"--Upper right corner.
Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Text below title: Inviting a friend (whom you know to be particularly fond of the dish) to partake of a fine hare, haunch, &c. which you have endeavoured to keep exactly to the critical moment, but which is no sooner brought in than the whole party, with one nose, order it to be taken out.
Title etched below image.
Extent
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 10.4 x 15.7 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Book illustrations.
Etchings--England--London--1807.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1807.
Subject (Name)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.

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Citation
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10848
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 122-3

Identifiers

Orbis Record
12913212
Object ID (OID)
11792023

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