[Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].

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11791533

Description

Title
[Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created
[1787]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title, printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
Proof state, before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image.
Lettered state of this plate is the frontispiece to: Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed for G. Kearsley ..., [1787]
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 20.0 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 20.8 x 25.7 cm.
Alerternative title written in ink in a contemporary hand below image: Pindars Pegasus.
Statement of responsibility, "T. Rowlandson fecit," written in later hand below image in lower left; identifications of the figures written below plate mark in the same hand.
Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 3 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 20.0 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Edition
[Proof before letters].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Etchings England London 1787
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Subject (Topic)
Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Falling
Wigs
Subjects
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Falling
Wigs
England > 1787
18th century
England > London > 1787
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12671757
Object ID (OID)
11791533

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