The grand-papa [graphic]

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11791658

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.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 15.5 x 20 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 4 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 17.6 x 21.3 cm, sheet 22 x 26 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. 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

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 And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
7969690
Object ID (OID)
11791658

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