Annals of sporting [graphic] : by Calem Quizem, Esqr. and his various correspondents.
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Description
- Title
- Annals of sporting [graphic] : by Calem Quizem, Esqr. and his various correspondents.
- Alternative Title
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Caleb Quizem, Esqr.
How to vault from the saddle.
The true method of sitting on a horse mathematically delineated. - Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher. - Copyright Date
- 1809.
- 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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Four lines of verse below vignette in left panel: The courtier is thrown in pursuit of his game, the poets too often laid low...
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title from text heading vignette in left panel. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; 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
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
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.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11479 & 11480
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 178
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9151053
- Object ID (OID)
- 11792949