Good night [graphic]

Description

Title: Good night [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Published / Created: [1 November 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 1, 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: "Design in a circle. A man (three-quarter length) wearing a night-cap and holding a candle in a flat candlestick yawns cavernously, his left arm outstretched, the hand cut off by the upper margin. Cf. BMSat 9652."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 6 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 23 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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