Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Title:
Thirteen etchings illustrative of striking passages in Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews / designed by Thomas Rowlandson ; also a specimen of a new edition of Smollett's works.
Published / Created:
Edinburgh [Scotland] : Printed by John Orphoot, for Cornelius Elliot at the Cross and: John Murray; 1808.

London, 1808.
Physical Description:
[28] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. x 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.R78 T45 1808
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
NSTC, R1830

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 242

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy.

Each leaf of plates accompanied by page of explanatory letterpress.

Plates by and after Rowlandson. Frontispiece engraved by C. Grignion.
Subject Terms:
Orphoot, John -- Printer | Elliot, Cornelius -- Publisher | Murray, John -- Publisher | Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1808
Contributors:
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754. | Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771. | Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810 engraver.