Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Miseries of games, sports, 3
Item Information
- Title:
- Miseries of games, sports, 3
- Title (alt.):
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Miseries of games, sports etc. - hazards of ice skating
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Name on Item:
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Rowlandson del et sculp't
- Date:
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January 1, 1807
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Caricatures
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
- Series:
- Miseries of Human Life
- Subjects:
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Ice skating
Falling
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 12 x 17 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pg21v
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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Repository of Arts, 101 Strand :
R. Ackermann
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Alternative title from supporting materials.
Grego, II, p. 122
On item: Page 43
Caption on item: In skating, slipping in such a manner that your legs start off in this unaccommodating posture ; from which, however, you are soon relieved by tumbling forwards on your nose, or backwards on your skull. Also learning to cut the outside edge on skates that have no edge to cut with ice very rugged.
- Notes (acquisition):
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The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
- Notes (object):
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One of 49 etchings bound with title page in "The Miseries of Human Life," designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson. This volume was published December 1, 1808 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London.
- Identifier:
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18_03_000410
- Barcode:
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36666003257579
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