Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Designs to illustrate Sterne's Sentimental Journey.
Published / Created:
London : Publish'd by J. Wallis, Berwick Street, [1812?]
Physical Description:
[1], XII leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.R78 D47 1812+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.R78 D47 1812+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Suite of 12 colored plates based on illustrations by Robert Newton, sometimes ascribed to Rowlandson. Cf. Abbey Life 250.

Cover title: Illustrations to Sterne's Journey.

Title page watermarked "1812".

BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary boards, with printed title label on front cover. Copy 2 similarly bound. Bookplate: A.M. Cohn. Autograph: J. Mackenzie, 4 Widcombe Crescent, Bath.
Contents:
Yorick and Father Lorenzo -- Yorick at the Grave of Father Lorenzo -- La Fleur taking leave of his sweethearts -- La Fleur and the dead ass -- The dance at Amiens -- The wig --Yorick feeling the Grisset's pulse -- Yorick and the fille de chambre -- The Chevalier de St. Louis -- Le dimanche -- Maria entering Moulines -- The grace.
Subject Terms:
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768. Sentimental journey through France and Italy -- Illustrations. | Wallis, J. -- Publisher | Cohn, Albert M. (Albert Mayer) -- Bookplate. | Mackenzie, J. -- Autograph. | Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1812.
Contributors:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827, attributed name. | Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768. Sentimental journey through France and Italy. | Newton, Robert.