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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.364
People
Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, British
Title
Connoisseurs - or Portrait Collectors!!!
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Pleasures of Human Life, plate 3
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
February 1, 1807
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357000

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 8 × 13.1 cm (3 1/8 × 5 3/16 in.)
plate: 11.8 × 14 cm (4 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
sheet: 26.5 × 28.4 cm (10 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below image: Drawn and Etched by Rowlandson for the Pleasures of Human Life / CONNOISSEURS - or PORTRAIT COLLECTORS !!! / London: Published by Longman. Hurst. Rees & Orme. Paternoster Row. Feb. 1st. 1807.
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: II 180

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Grego II, p. 180

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.364
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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