Doctor Syntax loosing his way [graphic].

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Title: Doctor Syntax loosing his way [graphic].
Alternative Title: Doctor Syntax losing his way
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1812]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 1 May 1812, at R Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "The doctor, mounted on Grizzle, is beside a four-direction signpost on an open heath with a group of asses in the middle distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later version of the design
Description: Title etched below image.
Attribution to Rowlandson from Grego.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: Combe, W. The tour of Dr. Syntax in search of the picturesque. London: R. Ackermann's Respository of Arts, 1812.
"Plate 2"--Upper right corner.
For an early version of the design, published in 1809 in Ackermann's The Poetical magazine, see no. 11508 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 176. For a later version of the design, published in 1813, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1866,1114.848.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Doctor Syntax.
Provenance: Gift of Dr. John F. Fulton.
Extent: 1 print : design and inscription 128 x 198 mm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812
Material: etching and aquatint ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Teachers
Horseback riding
Traffic signs & signals
Donkeys
Subjects: Combe, William, 1742-1823 > Illustrations
Clergy
Teachers
Horseback riding
Traffic signs & signals
Donkeys
England > 1812
England > London > 1812

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