Doctor Convex and Lady Concave [graphic]

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Title: Doctor Convex and Lady Concave [graphic]
Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 November 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 20, 1802, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: "A man with a prodigious stomach and projecting nose and mouth stands at left in profile, opposite an elderly woman whose profile is shaped to accommodate his, having a crescent face with projecting forehead and chin, her body bent back and curved in at the waist and stomach, with bent knees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
"Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter, is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?"--Text below title.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1802
Etchings England London 1802
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Obesity
Physiognomy
Subjects: Obesity
Physiognomy
England > 1802
England > London > 1802
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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