A sale of English-beauties in the East Indies [graphic].

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Description

Title
A sale of English-beauties in the East Indies [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created
[not before 10 May 1811]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Thomas Tegg
Description
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Later state; imprint has been completely burnished from plate.
Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pubd. May 10th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 811.05.10.01.1+.
A reduced copy of a print etched by Gillray and published 16 May 1786 by William Holland. Cf. No. 7014 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Plate numbered "74" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.
Also issued separately.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 20 in volume 2.
Provenance
Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
Collection Title
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Collection/Other Creator
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1811
Etchings England London 1811
Watermarks (Paper) 1817
Material
etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1811
England > London > 1811
1817
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12483632
Object ID (OID)
16192504

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