Liberality and desire [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Liberality and desire [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [29 November 1788] ;
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 29, 1788, by Wm. Rowlandson, No. 49 and Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"An ugly and elderly naval officer (left) puts his left arm round the shoulder of a pretty young woman, who puts her left hand on his left hand, taking with her right hand the purse which he offers. He has a wooden leg and a patch over his right eye; under his right arm is a stick."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attribution to Rowlandson from descriptions of variant states in Grego and British Museum catalogue.
For variant state lacking S.W. Fores imprint statement, see no. 7442 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Traces of burnished text visible at end of Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement. For probable earlier state with longer imprint statement and possibly the variant title "Luxury and desire," see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 237.
Wm. Rowlandson imprint statement etched in lower left corner of design; S.W. Fores imprint statement etched below image.
Companion print to: Lust and avarice.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 26 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 36.2 x 27 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. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Aquatints England London 1788
Etchings England London 1788 - Material
- etching and aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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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
- 12664120
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791544
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