Miseries miscellaneous, 12

Miseries miscellaneous, 12

Item Information

Title:
Miseries miscellaneous, 12
Title (alt.):
Miseries miscellaneous - forced to send an urgent message by means of a stupid messenger
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson fecit.
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:
Conversation
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 12 x 18 cm
Permalink:
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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. 121
On item: Page 287
Caption on item: The necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence by an ass, who, you plainly perceive, will forget (or rather has already forgotten) every word you have been saying.
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_000420
Barcode:
36666003257645