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Thomas Rowlandson

An Appropriate Emblem for the Triumphal Arch of the New Palace

Description

Maker

Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756-1827), designer
S. W. Fores, publisher

Title

An Appropriate Emblem for the Triumphal Arch of the New Palace

Year

Published 1829

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

hand coloring

Supports

Dimensions

34.1 x 24.4 cm (13 7/16 x 9 5/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil inscribed, UL:12.6.43H10j/ Ashley ; numbered, LL corner:70 (70 inverted) ; inscribed, LL:13.5 x 9.5In Plate--Titled, LC:AN APPROPRIATE EMBLEM for theTRIUMPHAL ARCHof/ the NEW PALACE- Dedicated to the POOR - PENNY-LESS-PRIEST/ -RIDDEN and PARALYSED JOHN BULL See Morning Herald of Aug.t 14th 1829./ London Pub.d Aug.t 1829 by SW. Fores 41 Picadilly ; inscribed on left pocket of figure:To Let ; inscribed on right pocket:Empty ; inscribed in balloon coming out of figure's mouth:they denounce me a Fool (Fool underscored), I acknowledge the fact/ But Necessitas Leges (underscored) 'twas drew the compact/ By Estimates (underscored) false, and Contracts (underscored) still worse/ They have brought me to Want (underscored), having Emptied my Purse

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./ MUSEUM / OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/ RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.080

Type

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Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756-1827), designer
S. W. Fores, publisher
An Appropriate Emblem for the Triumphal Arch of the New Palace, Published 1829
etching; hand coloring
34.1 x 24.4 cm (13 7/16 x 9 5/8 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 44.080

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