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Doctor Syntax made free of the cellar

Doctor Syntax made free of the cellar
 1810
from The Schoolmaster’s Tour by William Combe; plate 13 in the Poetical Magazine, vol. 2, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1809–10

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
11.2 × 19.0 cm (image) 12.7 × 20.0 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
George 11676; Grego II p. 177
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: DOCTOR SYNTAX MADE FREE OF THE CELLAR. / N.o (o in superscript above . ) 12. of the POECTICAL MAGAZINE, Publiſh’d April 1.1810, at R.Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101. Strand.
printed in ink l.r.: Plate 13 Vol 2
printed in ink (in image) (on barrels) c.r.: Castle Howard / Lord Morpeth / Dutcheſs of / Devonshire
Accession Number
4405B-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1930
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