Dr. Syntax and His Counterpart

Skip to main content
Dr. Syntax and His Counterpart
Dr. Syntax and His Counterpart
Artist/Maker (British, 1756 - 1827)
Datec. 1820
MediumHand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
DimensionsComposition: 4 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (12.1 × 18.4 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (13 × 19.7 cm) Support: 8 7/8 × 11 3/8 in. (22.5 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936
Object number1990.42.8
Not on view
DescriptionFrom "The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation"
Collections

Additional Details

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
Inscribed Entitled in plate at lower center: Dr SYNTAX AND HIS COUNTERPART; inscribed in pencil at upper left: 2; in pencil at lower left: 25/a
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
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: c. 1820
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.2
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 the Superannuated Fox-hunter
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.7
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
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: 1812-1821
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.3
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
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
Thomas Rowlandson
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1990.42.9
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
Thomas McLean, London
Date: published September 25, 1827
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Object number: 1959.156