Antiquarians a la Greque [graphic] / Rowlandson inv. 1805.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.

Copyright Date:

[14 July 1805]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.8 x 28 cm, on sheet 39 x 29 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:

"Two grotesque and foolish connoisseurs standing admiring a collection of Egyptian statuary, both looking at a mummy case at left, one simpering, pointing and looking through pince-nez, the other squinting through a short spyglass; the antiquities include another mummy case, male and female statues, two sphinxes and a grotesque sculpture of a dog on a plinth decorated with hieroglyphs."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Historians.
Mummies.
Sculpture.
Sphinxes.

Topics:

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1805.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1805.

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:

8510361

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792710

Citation:

Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 51-52

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11791906

PID:

digcoll:3996844