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The Revd. Doctor Syntax
(1812); reissued 1815
frontispiece for The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. A poem by William Combe, published by Rudolf Ackermann, London, 1815 edition
Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
17.5 × 10.9 cm (image) 22.9 × 14.1 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
George 12161; Grego II pp. 247–52, 269
Edition
1815 edition
Printing/Publishing
published by Rudolf Ackermann, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn by Rowlandson
printed in ink l.c.: THE REV.D (D in superscript above . ) DOCTOR SYNTAX. / Pub.d (d insuperscript above . ) Feb.y (y in superscript above . ) 1.1815 at R.ACKERMANN’S REPOSITORY of ARTS 101. Strand. London
printed in ink ink (in image) (on paper under chair) l.c.: Every man his / own Farrier
Accession Number
1271-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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