Private drilling [graphic]

Description

Title: Private drilling [graphic]
Creator: Schütz, Heinrich Joseph, 1760-1822, printmaker
Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. June 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: "A fat 'cit' is being drilled by an officer in his shop, to the admiration of his household. A drummer beats his drum. In the background are large jars of snuff."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate.
Companion print to: Soldiers recruiting.
Plate numbered "No. 5" above title.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: tobacco and snuff shop -- Military uniforms -- Shopkeepers -- Dishes: tea service.
1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29 x 35 cm, on sheet 30.2 x 36.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 74 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 : design 18.8 x 25.3 cm, with border 27 x 33.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Aquatints England London 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching and aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1798
England > London > 1798
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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