The Corsican Spider in his Web
1808
Artist, British, 1756 - 1827
Publisher, English, 1776 - 1846
Artist After, British, 1765 - 1809
Thomas Rowlandson, after George Moutard Woodward
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with hand coloring on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 34.8 × 24.2 cm (13 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 36.4 × 26.3 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1945.5.854
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Catalogue Raisonné
Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 94
Associated Artworks
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Thomas Rowlandson
1756
Miseries of Human Life
Thomas Rowlandson
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Symptoms of Restiveness
Thomas Rowlandson
1756
Artwork history & notes
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.
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, in image, at lower right: Pub.d July 12.th1808 by Tho.s Tegg No 111 Cheapside; in plate, above image, at right: 246; in plate, below image, at left: Woodward del; in plate, below image, at right: Rowlandson scul; in plate, below image, at center: THE CORSICAN SPIDER. / in / His WEB!; in graphite at lower left in later hand: 16 [underlined]; verso: none
Markings
none
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q65085199