The grand-papa [graphic] / H. Wigstead.

Description

Title: The grand-papa [graphic] / H. Wigstead.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wigstead, Henry, artist.
Published / Created: 1794 January 1
Copyright Date: Jany. 1, 1794.
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: 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: 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.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 17.6 x 21.3 cm, sheet 22 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1794.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1792.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wigstead, Henry, artist.

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.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8202
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 321