Striking likenesses, handsomely framed, only 1s. each, taken at 114, Strand, opposite Exeter 'Change.
Published / Created:
[London] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : portrait ; 81 x 45 mm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR3991.A1 S77 1820 BoxYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Trade card of an unidentified portrait artist.With a woodcut profile. The subject is identified, in ms, as Doctor Syntax (a character in comic poems by William Combe). The profile closely copies the depiction of Doctor Syntax made famous by Thomas Rowlandson.
Subject Terms:
Combe, William, 1742–1823. Tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque -- Illustrations. | Portrait drawing, English. | Portraits -- Great Britain. | Artists -- Great Britain. | London (England) -- Social life and customs.