Bartholomew Fair

Bartholomew Fair

Item Information

Title:
Bartholomew Fair
Description:
The fun of the Fair is represented in full swing, and the humours of the scenes displayed on all sides are seized and hit off with the usual felicity of both artists. The noise, disorder, and misrule of the festivity are taking place outside the hospital.
Etcher:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Artist:
Nixon, John, -1818
Name on Item:
Rowlandson Scul. John Nixon, Esq. De
Date:
[ca. 1808]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2
Subjects:
Crowds
City & town life
Fairs
Places:
England > London
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pf70k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : T. Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 92, 115
On item: 7
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
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):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2," the second volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000376
Barcode:
36666003262421