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Thomas Rowlandson

John Bull Making Observations on the Comet,

Maker

  • Thomas Tegg
  • Thomas Rowlandson
  • George Moutard Woodward

Title

John Bull Making Observations on the Comet

Medium

hand coloring

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • hand coloring

Techniques

  • etching,
  • hand coloring

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

24.4 x 34.6 cm (9 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil inscribed, LR:XVerso:in pencil inscribed, LL:2-B 9/9/70/Mendez; numbered, UL:237687; in pencil inscribed along top:Desmond Cole CollnIn Plate--inscribed, LL:Woodward Delin. ; inscribed and titled, LC:London Printed for Thos. Tegg111 Cheapside/IOHN BULL MAKING OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMET. ; inscribed, LR:Rowlandson Scul. ; inscribed, LR of image:Price one ShillingColoured; numbered, UR:274

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

70.106

John Bull Making Observations on the Comet

Original--Recto:in pencil inscribed, LR:XVerso:in pencil inscribed, LL:2-B 9/9/70/Mendez; numbered, UL:237687; in pencil inscribed along top:Desmond Cole CollnIn Plate--inscribed, LL:Woodward Delin. ; inscribed and titled, LC:London Printed for Thos. Tegg111 Cheapside/IOHN BULL MAKING OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMET. ; inscribed, LR:Rowlandson Scul. ; inscribed, LR of image:Price one ShillingColoured; numbered, UR:274

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