Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Stock, F. R.

Title:

My name is Norval [graphic] / travestied by F.R.S., etched by F.R. Stock.

Published / Created:

London : W.H.J. Carter, Bookseller, 12 Regent Street, Pall Mall, [1853]

Physical Description:

21 pictures on 3 joined sheets : hand-colored etchings ; sheets end-to-end 14 x 274 cm, accordion folded to 14 x 16 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3516 .S76 1853
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Prints

Notes:

Twenty illustrations parodying Norval's first speech in Act II, scene I, of J. Home's Douglas : a tragedy accompanied by the text of the speech.

Illustrated title leaf on front pastedown.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 599

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. In publisher's original red cloth folder, with printed label on front covers.

Subject Terms:

Home, John, 1722–1808 -- Parodies, imitations, etc. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Satire, English. | Wit and humor, Pictorial.

Form/Genre:

Accordion fold format (Binding) | Caricatures. | Publisher's advertisements. | Advertisements.

Contributors:

Home, John, 1722–1808. Douglas.