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Doctor Syntax meditating on the tombstones

Doctor Syntax meditating on the tombstones
 1809
from The Schoolmaster’s Tour by William Combe; plate 4 in the Poetical Magazine, vol. 2, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1809–10

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
11.1 × 19.0 cm (image) 12.7 × 19.9 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
George 11516; Grego II p. 177
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: N.o (o in superscript above . ) 8. of the POETICAL MAGAZINE, Pub, Dec,,r (r in superscript above ,, ) 1,,st (st in superscript above ,, ) 1809, at R.Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
printed in ink u.r.: Plate 4. Vol.
printed in ink l.c.: DOCTOR SYNTAX, / MEDITATING ON THE TOMB STONES.
Accession Number
4405C-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