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Miseries of Travel

Print
1807 (published), 1807 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Rowlandson (artist)

Print, 'Miseries of Travelling' by Thomas Rowlandson, 1807


Object details

Categories
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMiseries of Travel (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Etching, coloured by hand
Paper
Ink
Watercolour
Brief description
Print, 'Miseries of Travelling' by Thomas Rowlandson, 1807
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.1cm (sheet size)
  • Width: 40.4cm (sheet size)
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered with title and caption
  • Rowlandson 1807
  • Pub Feb 15th 1807 by R Ackermann N 101 Strand
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
Object originally bound in a guard-book containing one hundred and fifteen caricatures by T. Rowlandson, W. Heath, J. Gillray, R. Dighton, G. Cruikshank and others
Subjects depicted
Travel
Coaches
Bibliographic reference
The Grotesque Factor Malaga: Museo Picasso, 2012. ISBN: 9788494024917.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1232:86-1882

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O248112/miseries-of-travel-print-thomas-rowlandson/
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