The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, published 1822

Not on View

Medium

1 vol: ill: 24 hand-colored etchings with aquatint

Dimensions

page size: 25 x 15.2 cm (9 13/16 x 6 in.)

Credit Line

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

Catalogue Raisonné

Grego 1880, Vol. II, no. 371, State -373

Accession Number

1990.124.4

Artists / Makers

William Combe (artist) British, 1741 - 1823

Thomas Rowlandson (artist after) British, 1756 - 1827

Image Use

This image is unavailable for download.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .
Contact us about image usage .

Inscription

on first unnumbered page, upper right in ball-point pen: 54-5-7; on first unnumbered page, lower left stamped: BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF; on separate sheet mounted to f AA. / 11/76 Noyes copy; on most plates, lLp//: Drawn by Rowlandson.; on most plates, lCp//: Published Nov.r 1,1821, by R. Ackermann 101 Strand. irst unnumbered page, cC //typewriten: #506. ROWLANDSON COLORED PLATES. / (Combe (William). The Histo ry of Johnny ... Royal 8vo, three quarter blue crushed levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Zaehnsdorf. London, 1822 The rare First Edition, and an unusually tall copy...; on second unnumbered page, uL //in graphite: 7111 / ARRX / AA. / 11/76 Noyes copy; on most plates, lLp//: Drawn by Rowlandson.; on most plates, lCp//: Published Nov.r

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..