The English Dance of Death (volume I)
published 1815
Artist, British, 1741 - 1823
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 38 hand-colored etchings with aquatint
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Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Vershbow, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
page size: 24.5 x 15.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
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Accession
1990.123.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 317, State -355
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Joseph Ablett, Llandbedr Hall
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
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 /