The Death of the Fox

published 1786

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching and aquatint on J. Whatman paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Grinnell

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47.7 x 58.4 cm (18 3/4 x 23 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.2.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, undescribed


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

lower right in plate within image: Rowlandson; lower center in plate: THE DEATH OF THE FOX; lower right in plate: Pubd. as the Act directs Novr.28.1786 by T. Rowlandson No. 50 Poland Street, Oxfo rd Road; lLv//in graphite, circled: 3306; lCv//in graphite: 36681 (4)

Watermarks

J. Whatman with fleur-de-lis

Wikidata ID

Q74877746


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