An ordinance dream, or, Planing of fortifications [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- An ordinance dream, or, Planing of fortifications [graphic].
- Alternative Title
-
Planing of fortifications
Planning of fortifications - Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [3 March 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published March 7th, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"The Duke of Richmond (left) sleeps in an arm-chair beside a table on which are playing-cards and bits of broken tobacco-pipes arranged to represent fortifications. On the right are two cannons, one on a gun-carriage ; a cat sits on its muzzle miaowing at Richmond, one paw on the table. By his side (left) are plans on rollers and a box of long tobacco-pipes. On the wall hang two pictures on rollers as if they were plans. In one (left) soldiers with wheelbarrows, &c. work on the sea-shore, off which dismantled ships lie at anchor. In the other, cannons and cannon-balls with one sentry lie along the sea-shore, off which are ships at anchor with brooms at their mast-heads to show that they are for sale. Richmond's hat, overcoat, and sword hang on the wall between the two pictures. At his feet is an open book inscribed 'Trial of Colol Debbeig'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: House of Cards -- Card players -- Bill to fortify Portsmouth -- Fortifications -- Furniture -- Pictures that amplify subject -- Matches -- Pets.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 24.6 x 33.1 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 2 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 35 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 37 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
- Subject (Topic)
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Chairs
Sleeping
Tables
Playing cards
Pipes (Smoking)
Cats
Pictures - Subjects
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Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Chairs
Sleeping
Tables
Playing cards
Pipes (Smoking)
Cats
Pictures
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7691584
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791463
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