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Hungarian & Highland broad sword twenty four plates, designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, under the direction of Messrs. H. Angelo and son, fencing masters to the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminister, dedicated to Colonel Herries
Title
Hungarian & Highland broad sword [graphic] : twenty four plates, designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, under the direction of Messrs. H. Angelo and son, fencing masters to the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminister, dedicated to Colonel Herries / aquatinta by I. Hill.
Publication
[London] : Publishd. as the act directs, Feby. 12th, 1799, by H. Angelo, Curzon Strt., May Fair, [12 February 1799]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple ; sheet 29 x 33 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched within image.
Engraved title page to 24 plates from: Rowlandson, T. Hungarian & Highland broad sword. [London] : H. Angelo, 1799.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
Provenance
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
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Hungarian and Highland broad sword
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 04, 2016
References
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 374-5.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Title pages.
Book illustrations.
Aquatints - England - London - 1799.
Etchings - England - London - 1799.
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