Miseries miscellaneous 12. Dialogue / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Miseries miscellaneous 12. Dialogue / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence ...
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 January 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Abstract
-
"Two ladies, fashionable and pretty, stand by the door of a neo-Gothic lodge or gate-house. One addresses a gardener who tugs at his hair; two elderly men (left) walk off to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Text below title: The necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence, by an ass, who, you plainly perceive, will forget (or rather has already forgotten) every word you have been saying.
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.
"Page 287"--Upper right corner.
Mounted on leaf 37 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 : plate mark 11.2 x 18 cm, on sheet 13.9 x 20 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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Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807 - Material
- etching ; 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
- Catalog Record
- 12915027
- Object ID (OID)
- 11792029
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