Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

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Description

Title
Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Published / Created
[4 April 1812]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. April 4th, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Abstract

"An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Reissue, with year in imprint altered from "1806" to "1812." For original issue, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8.
Verses etched beneath title: Now the weather's sultry grown, sweating late and early. Better far too [sic] sweat alone, oh we swelter rarely - Sweating here, sweating there.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage and married life.
Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 12 of 14 volumes.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.1 x 28.9 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of verses from bottom edge.
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 27 x 31 cm, on sheet 28 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 12

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1812
Material
etching ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Bedbugs
Bedrooms
Beds
Spouses
Marriage
Fans (Accessories)
Sleepwear
Subjects
Bedbugs
Bedrooms
Beds
Spouses
Marriage
Fans (Accessories)
Sleepwear
England > 1806
England > London > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12940652
Object ID (OID)
11794955

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