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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.352
People
Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
Published by Ackermann & Co., British (1792 - 1991)
Title
The Winding Up of the Clock
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The English Dance of Death
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
July 1, 1815
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356981

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Aquatint
Dimensions
Image: 12 × 20.5 cm (4 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 14.2 × 23.3 cm (5 9/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper center, in plate: London Pub. July 1, 1815. at R. Ackermann's 101 Strand.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate, below image: "No one but me shall set my Clock". / He set it & behold the Shock.
  • inscription: verso, on attached paper, printed text: The Wining up of the Clock.

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
2016.352
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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