The grand-papa [graphic]

Description

Title: The grand-papa [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Wigstead, Henry, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: Jany. 1, 1794.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd by & [sic] S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A young woman holds a little girl on her lap; an ugly elderly man (three-quarter length) leans towards the child, holding a piece of sugar between his lips. The child looks up delightedly. On a table beside them (right) is a tray of tea-things."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Reissue by S.W. Fores of a print originally published in 1792; original imprint of T. Rowlandson scored through and mostly burnished from plate.
Temporary local subject terms: Grandfathers -- Children -- Tea service.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 21.3 cm, sheet 22 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1794
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1792
England > London > 1794
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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