A money scrivner [graphic].

Description

Title: A money scrivner [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801 by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly
Abstract: "An elderly man in old-fashioned dress stands at his desk, his right hand on an open ledger, looking down with a calculating grimace. He wears a night-cap and slippers; a pen is behind his ear. His high stool is behind him. In the background another elderly man writes seated at a desk. Papers spiked on files hang from the wall, and lie on the floor, with folio volumes. An 'Invoice' is pasted on the wall. Above a high shelf is the date '1800' etched over '1787', with 'R. 1788'."--British museum online catalogue
Description: Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Printseller's stamp located in lower right corner of sheet: S·W·F.
Temporary local subject terms: Furniture -- Desks -- Male costume -- Night-cap -- Slippers -- Money scrivners -- Scrivner's shops.
Watermark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. Iix; May, 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.8 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 37 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Etchings England London 1801
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching & soft gound etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1801
England > London > 1801

Access: Public
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