2016.359: The Apostate Jack R. - The Political Rat Catcher
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2016.359
- People
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Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
Published by William Humphrey, British
- Title
- The Apostate Jack R. - The Political Rat Catcher
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: History of the Westminster Election ...by Lovers of Truth and Justice
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1784
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/356995
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
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Image: 19.5 × 32.5 cm (7 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Plate: 23.2 × 34.8 cm (9 1/8 × 13 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.8 × 43.8 cm (10 15/16 × 17 1/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, lower right: Pub.d by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand.
- inscription: in plate, under image: The Apostate Iacki R__ the Political Rat Catcher _ NB. Rats taken alive!
- inscription: lower left, graphite: I117-119 1784
- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 802
- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: March 1, 1784
- inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: [two illegible text marks]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BM Satires 6431
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
- Accession Year
- 2016
- Object Number
- 2016.359
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2022 - 04/25/2022
Verification Level
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