British sailor [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scul.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
1808

Copyright Date:

[April 1808]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 15.9 x 10 cm

Notes:

Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808.
Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Half length portrait of a tough-looking sailor, wearing a round hat with a bunch of ribbon, and knotted neck-tie, a stick under his left arm. 'A man who despises danger, wounds, and death ...'."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Stevens, George Alexander,--1710-1784.--Lecture on heads.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.

Language:

English

Genre:

Book illustrations.
Etchings--England--London--1808.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1808.

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. 9

Orbis Record:

12922780

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792852

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11175
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 119

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11792048

PID:

digcoll:3997035