The English Dance of Death (volume I), published 1815

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series Title

(1 of 2 volumes, 1990.123.1-2)

Medium

1 vol: ill: 38 hand-colored etchings with aquatint

Dimensions

page size: 24.5 x 15.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Alexander Vershbow, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 317, State -355

Accession Number

1990.123.1

Artists / Makers

William Combe (artist) British, 1741 - 1823

Thomas Rowlandson (artist after) British, 1756 - 1827

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Inscription

on p.vii, center in ink: Wm. Comb; following inscriptions on cover page, upper left in graphite: Collated / perfect; upper right in ball-point pen: 67-31-4a; lower left i some copies in the 1849-51 / n graphite: 3 vols / RDF 3305 / +2/ED; the following inscriptions on first unnumbered page, uL //in g raphite: RPB/[?] / CJS; aT //:Excessively Rare in each condition / Magnificent copy Original Orange Cloth / uncut with plates in earliest state fresh & brilliant / 3 vols; cC //in graphite: very fine original colouring / some copies in the 1849-51 /

Provenance

Joseph Ablett, Llandbedr Hall

Associated Names

Vershbow, Alexander, Mr.

Bibliography

1880: Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures. 2 vols. London: Chattoand Windus, 1880. Reprint. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970.

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.130.