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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
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