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Author/Creator:Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
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Title:Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.
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Published/Created:[London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101, Strand, London, [1808]
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Physical Description:[50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
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Links:View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
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Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Includes "Pall Mall' (no. 40) which has been replaced in other issues by "The Chiropodist".
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Notes:Engraved throughout.
"Issued serially between 1806 and 1808, the final book form appearing to differ considerably in different copies."--Cf. Abbey.
"Plate no. 50 bears the imprint of Rowlandson, as well as his signature. This plate is sometimes replaced by one of six variants, it is possible that the difference in copies can be explained by the fact that copies sold by the artist varied from those marketed direct from the publisher"--Cf. Abbey.
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References:Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, II, 119-124
Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 259
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 317
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Subjects:Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain.
Wit and humor, Pictorial.
Satire, English
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
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Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1808.
Etching, Colored--Specimens--1808.
Ackermann, R.--Publisher.
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Also listed under: Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, February 21, 1990-April 29, 1990)
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3552208