Miseries of games, sports, 3

Miseries of games, sports, 3

Item Information

Title:
Miseries of games, sports, 3
Title (alt.):
Miseries of games, sports etc. - hazards of ice skating
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson del et sculp't
Date:
January 1, 1807
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Miseries of Human Life
Subjects:
Ice skating
Falling
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 12 x 17 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pg21v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Repository of Arts, 101 Strand : R. Ackermann
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from supporting materials.
Grego, II, p. 122
On item: Page 43
Caption on item: In skating, slipping in such a manner that your legs start off in this unaccommodating posture ; from which, however, you are soon relieved by tumbling forwards on your nose, or backwards on your skull. Also learning to cut the outside edge on skates that have no edge to cut with ice very rugged.
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
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):
One of 49 etchings bound with title page in "The Miseries of Human Life," designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson. This volume was published December 1, 1808 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London.
Identifier:
18_03_000410
Barcode:
36666003257579