Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

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Title: Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Published / Created: 1812 April 4
Copyright Date: [4 April 1812]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St. Adelphi
Abstract: "An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue, description of original issue.
Description: Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Reissue, with year in imprint altered from "1806" to "1812." For original issue, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.9.51.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.1 x 28.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1812.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1806.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Subject (Topic): Bedbugs.
Bedrooms.
Beds.
Couples.
Fans (Accessories)
Sleepwear.

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: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 403