Antiquarians a la Greque [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Antiquarians a la Greque [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Contributor
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [14 July 1805]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. July 14th, 1805, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
- Abstract
-
"Two grotesque and foolish connoisseurs standing admiring a collection of Egyptian statuary, both looking at a mummy case at left, one simpering, pointing and looking through pince-nez, the other squinting through a short spyglass; the antiquities include another mummy case, male and female statues, two sphinxes and a grotesque sculpture of a dog on a plinth decorated with hieroglyphs."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. XI.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.8 x 28 cm, on sheet 39 x 29 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 805.07.14.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Historians
Mummies
Sculpture
Sphinxes - Subjects
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Historians
Mummies
Sculpture
Sphinxes
England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8510361
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813788