View near Bridport, Dorsetshire [graphic]

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Title: View near Bridport, Dorsetshire [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: [1822]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A wooded valley descending from a gorge on a distant hill, a small group of houses at centre in the mid-distance, a stream running from nearby to foreground left; at centre, a heavy cart laden with hay sheaves and a woman sitting on top travelling up a path towards the houses, three men walking ahead with the horses, a fourth following on a horse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Also signed "Rowlandson 1819" in upper left corner of design.
Date of publication from Grego.
Plate from: Rowlandson's sketches from nature. [London] : [publisher not identified], [1822].
Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 14 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 : plate mark 17.7 x 25 cm, on sheet 18.7 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Views
Etchings England London 1822
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Bridport (England)
Subjects: Bridport (England)
England > London > 1822
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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