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Taylor turn'd lord
Title
Taylor turn'd lord [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1812]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 30.1 x 23 cm, on sheet 34 x 25 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
A detail from a 1805 print by Rowlandson: Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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.
Summary
An obese man in elegant dress struts down Fleet Street as his fellow tailors roar with laughter at his pompous attire. In the background, a woman (his wie?) put signs on the sides of the shops advertising breeches and other haberdashery. A dog barks as he looks up at the elegantly dressed pretender.
Variant and related titles
Taylor turned lord
Tailor turned lord
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 23, 2008
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1812.
Etchings - England - London - 1812.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1812.
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