Dr. Syntax and the Superannuated Fox-hunter

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Dr. Syntax and the Superannuated Fox-hunter
Dr. Syntax and the Superannuated Fox-hunter
Artist/Maker (British, 1756 - 1827)
Dateunknown
MediumHand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
DimensionsComposition: 4 3/4 in. × 8 in. (12.1 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (13.3 × 21.3 cm) Support: 7 1/2 in. × 10 in. (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936
Object number1990.42.7
Not on view
DescriptionFrom "The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation"
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Provenance 1990: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of James Taylor Dunn
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art newsletter, vol. 1, no. 4, April 1991, "Acquisitions"
Signature Signed in plate at lower left: Drawn by Rowlandson; in plate at lower right: Engrv'd by Drayton
Inscribed Entitled in plate at lower center: DR. SYNTAX AND THE SUPERANNUATED FOX-HUNTER.; inscribed in pencil at lower left: 25/a
Dr. Syntax Setting Out on His Second Tour
Dr. Syntax Setting Out on His Second Tour
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.1
Dr. Syntax in the Glass House
Dr. Syntax in the Glass House
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: c. 1820
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.2
Dr. Syntax at an Auction
Dr. Syntax at an Auction
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.4
Dr. Syntax and His Counterpart
Dr. Syntax and His Counterpart
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: c. 1820
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.8
Dr. Syntax Painting a Portrait
Dr. Syntax Painting a Portrait
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.10
Dr. Syntax Taking Possession of His Living
Dr. Syntax Taking Possession of His Living
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: 1812-1821
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.3
Dr. Syntax Sells Grizzle
Dr. Syntax Sells Grizzle
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: c. 1820
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.5
Dr. Syntax and the Dairy Maid
Dr. Syntax and the Dairy Maid
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.6
Dr. Syntax Mistakes a Gentlemen's House for an Inn
Dr. Syntax Mistakes a Gentlemen's House for an Inn
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.9
South Sea Whale Fishery
South Sea Whale Fishery
William John Huggins
Date: published January 1, 1825
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1959.141
Puff, Puff, It Is An Age Of Puffing, Puff, Puff, Puff
Puff, Puff, It Is An Age Of Puffing, Puff, Puff, Puff
Thomas McLean, London
Date: published September 25, 1827
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Object number: 1959.156
Basaltic Rocks, in Washilabou or Cumberland Valley, St. Vincent from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Basaltic Rocks, in Washilabou or Cumberland Valley, St. Vincent from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.1