The laughing philosopher [graphic]

Description

Title: The laughing philosopher [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 April 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 20th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
Abstract: "Bust of an old man, laughing cynically, intended for Democritus."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 40 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 15.8 x 10 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subjects: Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784
England > 1808
England > London > 1808
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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