Miseries of the table 9. Dialogue / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Miseries of the table 9. Dialogue / [graphic]
- 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.
- Published / Created
- [1 January 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Abstract
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"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
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Title etched below image.
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.
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.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Page 194"--Upper right corner.
Mounted on leaf 36 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 :
- 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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Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807 - Material
- etching ; sheet 10.4 x 15.7 cm and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
- Subjects
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Beresford, James, 1764-1840 > Illustrations
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
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
- 12913212
- Object ID (OID)
- 11792023
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