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A Jew Broker
Print
1789 (made)
1789 (made)
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| Place of origin |
General Description: A Jew Broker (J.G.II pp 22,24) [Not in BM:S]. Caricature of an old Jewish man standing at a street corner with a sign Dukes Place. British. Signed and dated Rowlandson. 1789. Inscribed in ink Jew and in pencil 30 . With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Jew Broker |
| Materials and techniques | Etching and stipple engraving coloured by hand, watercolour, pen and ink |
| Brief description | Print by Thomas Rowlandson, 1789 |
| Physical description | General Description: A Jew Broker (J.G.II pp 22,24) [Not in BM:S]. Caricature of an old Jewish man standing at a street corner with a sign Dukes Place. British. Signed and dated Rowlandson. 1789. Inscribed in ink Jew and in pencil 30 . With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Object history | Notes: According to Grego, see above, this print was also published on January 1, 1801 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly. There is no indication in Grego of lettering, or lack of it, on the plate. |
| Bibliographic reference | BM:S = British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, London, 1870-1954 J.G.= GREGO,J. Rowlandson the Caricaturist. 2 vols. London, 1880 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1233-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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