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A Scotch sarcophagus

A Scotch sarcophagus
 1805

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
27.0 × 37.0 cm (image) 29.8 × 44.1 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
George 10394; Grego II p. 50
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Rowlandson, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: Pubd (d in superscript) April 28 1805 by T Rowlandson, Adelphi
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: A SCOTCH SARCOPHAGUS.
printed in ink (in image) (on sarcophagus) c.: Stop Traveller and read / (21 lines of text) / They took their departure on Monday April 8.th (th in superscript above . ) 1805 / PEACE TO THEIR POLITICAL MANES!
Accession Number
2405-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display