Harvard Art Museums > 2016.344: Road to Ruin Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Road to Ruin (Thomas Rowlandson)(Published by Samuel William Fores) , 2016.344,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/356971. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2016.344 People Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England) Published by Samuel William Fores, British (1761 - 1838) Title Road to Ruin Classification Prints Work Type print Date April 1, 1803 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/356971 Physical Descriptions Medium Hand-colored etching Technique Etching Dimensions image: 29.8 × 38.8 cm (11 3/4 × 15 1/4 in.) sheet: 29.8 × 38.8 cm (11 3/4 × 15 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper left, graphite: II 42 inscription: lower right, pink chalk: [illeg. text] inscription: lower right, graphite: [illeg. text] [erased] inscription: in plate, below image: Road to Ruin. / Pub.d Avril 1st 1803 by S. W. F [illeg. cut off] 50 Piccadilly watermark: center: J. WHATMAN inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 50 [encircled] inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 59 / 60 [erased] inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 529 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 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann Accession Year 2016 Object Number 2016.344 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu