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Doctor Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre
(1811-1812); printed (1815)
plate 26 from 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
10.6 × 17.8 cm (image) 13.8 × 23.2 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 11687; Grego II pp. 247–52, 270
Edition
1815 edition
Printing/Publishing
published by Rudolf Ackermann, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson
printed in ink c.: London. Pub. Feb.y (y in superscript) 1.1815, at R.Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
printed in ink u.r.: Pt.26
printed in ink l.c.: D.R (R in superscript above . ) SYNTAX AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.
Accession Number
1275-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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