Annals of sporting by Calem Quizem, Esqr. and his various correspondents. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Annals of sporting by Calem Quizem, Esqr. and his various correspondents. [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- 1809.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by Thomas Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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A plate with four images etched for the publication: Annals of sporting by Caleb Quizem, Esqr. In the upper left, the image for the etched title page with an image of a man falling from a winged horse; upper right, a portrait of Caleb Quizem, Esqr. sitting in an armchair wtih a quizzing glass in his right hand, two books on the table beside him along with a quill pen and ink stand and on the wall a picture of a man "Geoffey Cambr[..] who also sits in an armchair and his gouty foot on a stool; lower left, image of a man on horseback (rear view) with a cannon above and a caption "The true method of sitting a horse mathematically delineated."; lower right image, an image at 90 degrees to the other images with a man mid-flight having been thrown from his horse, having failed to jump a gate. Another rider looks on in horror (right) and a peasant also with a look of horror looks on from the road (left). With caption above, "How to vault from the saddle" and signed "Woodward del. ; Rowlandson fect."
- Description
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Title from text heading vignette in left panel.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below vignette in left panel: The courtier is thrown in pursuit of his game, the poets too often laid low...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 16.5 x 9.5 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of right panel and lower two images.
Mounted on leaf 31 of volume 10 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 16.9 x 21.8 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. 10
- Collection Title
- Annals of sporting.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Quizem, Caleb.
- Collection Date
- London : Thomas Tegg, 1809.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Pegasus
Horseback riding - Subjects
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Pegasus
Horseback riding
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
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
- 9151053
- Object ID (OID)
- 11792949