[Distress] [graphic].

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11803469

Description

Title
[Distress] [graphic].
Contributor
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Palser, Thomas, active 1803-1843, publisher.
Published / Created
[between 1813 and 1816]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Thomas Palser
Abstract

A boat crammed with shipwrecked men, with an oar projecting to the right. One man leans his elbows on the gunwale while two of his companions throw a corpse overboard

Description
Title, artist, and publisher from lettered state described by Grego.
Earliest date for publication based on watermark.
Terminal date for publication based on publisher's street address, which is "Surrey Side, Westminster Bridge" on the lettered state described by Grego; this address was only used by Thomas Palser until 1816. See British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1813.
Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 14 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 35.5 x 50 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Edition
[Proof before letters].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 14

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1813
Etchings England London 1813
Aquatints England London 1813
Proofs before letters
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1813
Material
etching and aquatint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1813
England > London > 1813
J. Whatman > 1813
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12931303
Object ID (OID)
11803469

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