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Doctor Syntax made free of the cellar
1810
from The Schoolmaster’s Tour by William Combe; plate 13 in the Poetical Magazine, vol. 2, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1809–10
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
11.2 × 19.0 cm (image) 12.7 × 20.0 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1930
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
George 11676; Grego II p. 177
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: DOCTOR SYNTAX MADE FREE OF THE CELLAR. / N.o (o in superscript above . ) 12. of the POECTICAL MAGAZINE, Publiſh’d April 1.1810, at R.Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101. Strand.
printed in ink l.r.: Plate 13 Vol 2
printed in ink (in image) (on barrels) c.r.: Castle Howard / Lord Morpeth / Dutcheſs of / Devonshire
Accession Number
4405B-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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