Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the fleet : Hogarthian Novelist. Plate 5. Vide Roderick Random, Vol. II, Chap. XXV.

Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the fleet

Item Information

Title:
Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the fleet : Hogarthian Novelist. Plate 5. Vide Roderick Random, Vol. II, Chap. XXV.
Artist:
Singleton, Henry, 1766-1839
Etcher:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Singleton delin. Rowlandson sculp't
Date:
May 12, 1800
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Book illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Roderick Random
Subjects:
Prisons
Prisoners
Children
Extent:
1 print : etching on paper, mounted on paper ; image and text 26 x 33 cm, on sheet 33 x 38 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 6
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 a volume containing six etchings, titled "Roderick Random" by Thomas Rowlandson. These six caricatures had illustrated Tobias Smollett's "Roderick Random," published in London by R. Ackerman, 1800.
Identifier:
18_03_000573
Barcode:
36666003812522