Rural sports, or, An old mole catcher in full scent [graphic].

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Title: Rural sports, or, An old mole catcher in full scent [graphic].
Alternative Title: Old mole catcher in full scent
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Copyright Date: [1811?]
Publication Place: [London]
Abstract: "Two figures in a pleasant undulating landscape with trees. A lean elderly man (resembling Dr. Syntax), rides across grass with a smile of anticipation towards a country girl seated on the ground under a tree. She stares fixedly at him. Two dogs scamper before the horse, barking."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: "Price one shilling coloured."--Lower left corner of design.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.
Plate numbered "83" in upper right corner.
Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1811.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1811.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.

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: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 11792
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 208