[Sir Joseph Banks at dinner] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [Sir Joseph Banks at dinner] [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1788]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"Five ugly and elderly members of the Royal Society are seated in arm-chairs at a rectangular dinner-table. A footman (right) is about to place on the table a dish containing an alligator. The head of a strange horned beast is the chief dish on the table; there is also a frog on a plate. Banks (left) gnaws a serpent which he holds in both hands. The two walls of the room are closely covered with stuffed specimens and butterflies, insects, &c, in cases. The former include a sow, a goose, three owls, a deformed human skeleton. Two dogs gnaw bones."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the print appears.
Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's prophecy, or, The president and poet ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788]
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 72 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 : sheet 19 x 25.1 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
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 1788
Frontispieces
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1788 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Subject (Topic)
-
Dining tables
Banquets
Servants
Alligators
Frogs
Snakes
Specimens
Dogs
Monkeys - Subjects
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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dining tables
Banquets
Servants
Alligators
Frogs
Snakes
Specimens
Dogs
Monkeys
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
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
- 12661658
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791509