Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.
Published / Created:
[London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, London, [1808]
Physical Description:
[50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts ND497.R78 M57 1808Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3552208
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved throughout."Issued serially between 1806 and 1808, the final book form appearing to differ considerably in different copies."--Cf. Abbey."Plate no. 50 bears the imprint of Rowlandson, as well as his signature. This plate is sometimes replaced by one of six variants, it is possible that the difference in copies can be explained by the fact that copies sold by the artist varied from those marketed direct from the publisher"--Cf. Abbey.Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, II, 119-124Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 259Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 317BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Includes "Pall Mall' (no. 40) which has been replaced in other issues by "The Chiropodist".
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Wit and humor, Pictorial. | Satire, English | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. | Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1808.
