Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / John D. Merriam Collection / Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Modern antiques
Item Information
- Title:
- Modern antiques
- Description:
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The cabinet of an antiquarian, richly filled with supposititious relics of the past. The chief features of the collection are a gathering of Egyptian deities and some magnificent sarcophagi. The satire, in some degree, seems to hint at Sir William Hamilton (then deceased) and the fair Emma. An old antiquary, decrepit and bent, is peering at the shapely proportions of an Egyptian figure bearing a close resemblance to life. The chief incident of the picture is centred in a mummy's coffin, tenanted for the time, like a sentry-box, by a gallant young officer, who is embraced, behind the lid of his temporary resting-place, by a lady, who, like all the beauties designed by the artist, is represented of fine proportions and somewhat free graces.
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Name on Item:
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Rowlandson Del.
- Date:
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[1811?]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Caricatures
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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John D. Merriam Collection
- Subjects:
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Sarcophagi
Kissing
Antiques
Military officers
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 37 x 24 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pn03z
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Grego, II, p. 223-224
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- Notes (citation):
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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
- Identifier:
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18_03_000727
- Barcode:
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36666003799497
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