More miseries page 136 / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- More miseries page 136 / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- At an inn, going into a bed too short with a wooden leg ...
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 April 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Abstract
-
"A man in bed kicks wildly, clutching a bed-post, as a chambermaid tries to pull out his wooden leg. A second chamber-maid flourishes a lighted candle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image.
Text below image: At an inn, going into a bed too short with a wooden leg which you were too fatigued to unstrap, drawing up the living one, going to sleep with the other sticking out at the bottom ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 11.3 x 17 cm, on sheet 16.8 x 24.6 cm.
Watermark: E & Co. 1809.
Mounted on verso of leaf 35 of volume 9 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 10 x 15 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. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) E & Co. 1809 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
-
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
E & Co. > 1809
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8630316
- Object ID (OID)
- 11792021
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