Christmas academicks, playing a rubber at whist [graphic] / H. Bunbury Esqr. delin. ; T. Rowlandson sculp.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[1 April 1803]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 18.8 x 25 cm

Notes:

Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

A group of four academics sit at a table playing cards; a fifth stands to the right in front of an open door. A thin serving woman (left) brings in a bottle of wine and a glass of wine on a tray. A portrait of a smiling man hangs on the back wall, on either side a cloak adn hats. One little dog stands next to the servant, a second dog is on the right.

Variant Titles:

Christmas academics, playing a rubber at whist

Topics:

Card games.
Dogs.
Eating & drinking.
Servants.
Teachers.

Topics:

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1803.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1803.

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8

Orbis Record:

12848215

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792695

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11791891

PID:

digcoll:3996824