Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Yorkshire hieroglyphics!! Plate 1
Item Information
- Title:
- Yorkshire hieroglyphics!! Plate 1
- Description:
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The hieroglyphics are not very difficult to decipher, and when transcribed prove nothing more than a compromising letter, which was produced in the House of Commons, incautiously sent by the amorous Commander-in-Chief to his ladylove, Mrs. Clake.
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Date:
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March 8, 1809
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
- Series:
- The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 5
- Subjects:
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Princes
Generals
Nobility
Mistresses
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 39 x 26 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/t148gd565
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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No. 111 Cheapside :
Tho's Tegg
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115, 151
- Notes (acquisition):
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The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
- Notes (object):
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Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 5," the fifth volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
- Identifier:
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18_03_000564
- Barcode:
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36666003260961
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