Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Miseries of reading and writing, 8
Item Information
- Title:
- Miseries of reading and writing, 8
- Title (alt.):
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Miseries of reading and writing - your letter being scanned while you sleep
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Name on Item:
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Rowlandson del't 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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Correspondence
Reading
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 12 x 17 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pg33n
- 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. 121
Caption on item: As you are writing drowsily by the fire, on rousing and recollecting yourself, find your guardian in possession of your secret thoughts, which he never ceases to upbraid you with.
- 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_000416
- Barcode:
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36666003257603
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