print; newspaper/periodical

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print; newspaper/periodical

Object Type: print; newspaper/periodical
Museum number: 1849,0721.546-549
Description: Four illustrations to 'The Rambler' for Harrison's 'British Classicks'; pasted to the same album sheet; after Stothard; oval compositions with baskets of flowers at the top and plaque for the book title below. Plate V; A man wearing a plumed turban, kneeling before a bearded winged figure holding a staff, who appears in clouds on the left; by Angus; before letters. 1785 A woman bending down to a young man who lies on a hay pallet in a military tent, with a gun in the background to left; before letters. A man standing before a woman in oriental dress who sits on the right, looking alarmed as he gestures towards a ship seen through the window to left; by Heath; before letters. A man in a coach looking out of the window at another man in tudor dress lying unconscious on the ground with a sword beside him; by Walker; before letters. Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: Thomas Stothard; Print made by: William Angus; Print made by: James Heath; Print made by: J G Walker; Published by: Harrison & Co
School/style
Production date: 1785
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 178 millimetres (approx.); Width: 115 millimetres (approx.)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Included in the first volume of Balmanno's collection of Stothard's work in BM P&D. See 1849,0721.1 for more information.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names
Associated titles: Associated Title: Harrison's British Classicks; Associated Title: The Rambler
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1849
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1849,0721.546-549

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