item name: Doctor Syntax: The Doctor's Dream By Artist Thomas Rowlandson, English 1756 - 1827 item description: Doctor Syntax: The Doctor's Dream
Thomas Rowlandson, English 1756 - 1827. Etching with original hand color.
this print is from the first edition of "The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque", drawn and etched by Rowlandson for Ackermann in 1812. Rowlandson, England's greatest caricaturist, combines fluid drawing with great wit in this image.
at the top: "London, Publish'd 1 May 1812 atr. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand". Lower left corner: "Design'd & Etch'd by Rowlandson". Titled "The Doctor's Dream".
provenance: Private Collection Dimensions: Overall Dimensions - Image 7" H X 10" W 17.8cm H X 25.4cm W
Overall Dimensions - Frame 10" H X 13" W 25.4cm H X 33cm W
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