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Fools passing the portico of folly
Title
Fools passing the portico of folly [graphic] / drawn & etched by John Augustus Atkinson.
Publication
London : Printed for William Miller, Albermarle Street, 1807.
Physical Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 16.8 x 27.1 cm
Medium
wove paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Fool -- Demons: Satyr -- Peacock -- Ass -- Pope -- Anglican Bishop -- Turk -- King -- Peer -- Military officer -- Female costume: 1807 -- Military Uniform: Officer.
Notes
Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Folding plate from: Stultifera Navis ... the Modern Ship of Fools, W.H. Ireland.
Provenance
Sotheby's Lot 238 [Car. II] to Seven Gables; July, 1968.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 18, 2009
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8, no. 10806
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1807.
Aquatints - England - London - 1807.
Book illustrations.
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