Chemical lectures [graphic] / designed & published by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi.

Found In:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chemical lectures [graphic] / designed & published by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi.


11803441

Description

Title
Chemical lectures [graphic] / designed & published by T. Rowlandson, James St., Adelphi.
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor
Accum, Friedrich Christian,--1769-1838--Caricatures and cartoons.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Copyright Date
[ca. 1820]
Abstract

"A young man, [Friedrich Christian Accum (1769-1838) misidentified by Dorothy George as] Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), stands on a platform in a crowded lecture-room, circular in shape, an arc of the wall being shown. He pours liquid from a kettle into a beaker. His table is covered with similar beakers, a tiny retort, &c. Behind him is a door inscribed 'Surrey Institution'. The absorbed audience consists chiefly of pretty women in evening dress and ugly and elderly men. Men are seated on the platform; one is standing. In the foreground (left) a much caricatured elderly man in old-fashioned dress and bag-wig leans forward on his stick, registering anguished jealousy. In his pocket is a book: 'Accum's Lectures' .... Spectators look down from a balcony immediately above the platform."--British Museum online catalogue.

Description
Date of publication from Grego. A date of ca. 1810 is given in the British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 28 x 42 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 14

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Etchings--England--London--1820.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1820.
Subject (Name)
Accum, Friedrich Christian,--1769-1838--Caricatures and cartoons.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11605
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 366

Identifiers

Orbis Record
9305440
Object ID (OID)
11803441

Tools