Butterfly hunting [graphic] / Rowlandson delt.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[June 1806]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.5 x 31 cm

Notes:

Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Two men with double butterfly nets chase butterflies in a formal garden with box-edged flower-beds set in gravel. One tramples over a bed of tulips to the horror of two ladies who stand in the doorway (right) and an old man in a night-cap who leans from a first-floor window. The house, like the walled garden, is old-fashioned with mullioned windows, an aged vine against the wall, and an attached glass hothouse. In the background a gardener drops a flower-pot in consternation. Beyond the wall is a church among trees. British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Butterflies.
Butterfly nets.
Flower gardens.
Greenhouses.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1806.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1806.

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:

12851605

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792719

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10647
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 61

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11791915

PID:

digcoll:4051315