Doctor Syntax taking possession of his living
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
(publisher)
1764-1834
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
(publisher)
1764-1834
Title
Doctor Syntax taking possession of his living
Date of Production
16.08.1813
Medium
hand coloured etching, aquatint
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5463.26
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: Design'd & Etch'd by Rowlandson.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, title: DOCTOR SYNTAX. / TAKING POSSESSION OF HIS LIVING.
Inscription: recto: upper centre, publisher, date: London Pub. Aug.t 16. 1813, at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Inscription: recto: upper right, plate number: Plate 29.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower centre, artist and title: T. ROWLANDSON / Dr. Syntax.
Stamp: recto: stamped in purple, lower centre, provenance: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, lower left corner: M.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, title: DOCTOR SYNTAX. / TAKING POSSESSION OF HIS LIVING.
Inscription: recto: upper centre, publisher, date: London Pub. Aug.t 16. 1813, at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Inscription: recto: upper right, plate number: Plate 29.
Inscription: recto: typewritten, lower centre, artist and title: T. ROWLANDSON / Dr. Syntax.
Stamp: recto: stamped in purple, lower centre, provenance: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, lower left corner: M.
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