Horror [graphic]

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Description

Title
Horror [graphic]
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created
[1 January 1800]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. 1 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract

"A woman grimaces as a boy holds up a mouse by the tail."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved above image.
Plate numbered 'No. 16' in upper right corner.
Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Two lines of text below image: It is impossible to account for antipithies in this instance. Horror is exited by the appearance of a harmless mouse.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 28.2 x 21 cm.
Publisher's stamp below right corner of design.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 7 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 29.2 x 23.1 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. 7

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Boys
Mice
Practical jokes
Older people
Single women
Subjects
Boys
Mice
Practical jokes
Older people
Single women
England > 1800
England > London > 1800

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
8226743
Object ID (OID)
11791815

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