Cold broth and calamity

Cold broth and calamity

Item Information

Title:
Cold broth and calamity
Title (alt.):
Cold broth and calamity - dangers of ice skatings
Description:
A smaller edition of this subject, the disasters of various parties on the ice, but treated with perfect originality as regards the various incidents.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson
Date:
1808
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
Drowning
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 12 x 18 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pg933
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from supporting materials.
Grego, II, p. 123
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from title page of volume.
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_000447
Barcode:
36666003258502