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Thomas Rowlandson (etcher)
George Moutard Woodward (draughtsman)
A justice 1799
hand-coloured etching
21.5 × 17.5 cm (image) 24.8 × 22.2 cm (plate) 30.2 × 24.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
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A justice
1799
plate 2 from the Country characters series, published by Rudolf Ackermann, London, 1799–1800
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
21.5 × 17.5 cm (image) 24.8 × 22.2 cm (plate) 30.2 × 24.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Grego II p. 13
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Etchd by Rowlandson
printed in ink l.l.: Woodward Delin
printed in ink l.c.: Pubd (d in superscript) Aug 30 1799 by R.Akerman N 101 Strand / JUSTICE
printed in ink u.c.: Country Characters.
printed in ink u.r.: -N.o (o in superscript above . ) 2
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.c.: Mind you are before his / Worship_recollect you / are upon your oath!
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.r.: Well I know I am, but / what is that to thee / That’s my consarn and / not thine
printed in ink (in image) (on book spines) u.l.: GAME / LAWS / VAGRA
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) (on book) c.: BURNS JUSTICE
Accession Number
2399-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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