Miseries of the country. While deeply, delightfully, and, as you hope, safely engaged at home...

Miseries of the country. While deeply, delightfully, and, as you hope, safely engaged at home...

Item Information

Title:
Miseries of the country. While deeply, delightfully, and, as you hope, safely engaged at home...
Title (alt.):
Miseries of the country - uninvited country guests
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson 1807
Date:
1808
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Miseries of Human Life
Subjects:
Visiting
Surprise
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 12 x 18 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from supporting materials.
Grego, II, p. 123-4
Caption on item: While deeply, delightfully, and, as you hope, safely engaged at home in the morning, after peremptory orders of denial to all comers whomsoever, to be suddenly surprised, through the treachery or folly of your servant, by an inroad from a party of the starched, stupid, cold, idle natives of a country town, who lay a formal siege (by sap) to your leisure.
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
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):
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:
18_03_000436
Barcode:
36666003257801