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Doctor Syntax Losing his Way

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

(etcher)
1757-1827

Title

Doctor Syntax Losing his Way

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Width: 20.3 cm
Height: 12.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2126

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords










lost

Provenance

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : Plate 2

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : DR SYNTAX / LOSING HIS WAY

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : Drawn [ampersand] Etch'd by Rowlandson

Inscription: inscription : stamped : on mount : stamp of Hampstead Public Libraries :

Inscription: inscription : typed : on mount : Witt documentation : T.ROWLANDSON / Dr. Syntax

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