Research Catalog

Title

Original drawings: Combe's "Dance of death" [graphic].

Author

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.

Publication

1814-1815.

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Details

Additional Authors

Combe, William, 1742-1823.

Description

• 9 drawings : pen and ink, watercolor; 15 x 24 cm. or smaller, in mats 23 x 31 cm..
• 3 prints : etching, aquatint, hand col. ;

Uniform Title

Dance of Death. English.

Alternative Title

• Combe's Dance of death
• Dance of death

Subject

• Combe, William, 1742-1823 > Illustrations
• Dance of death in art
• Dance of death > Poetry

Genre/Form

• Book illustrations.
• Humorous pictures.
• Drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.
• Ink drawings – Great Britain – 19th century.
• Watercolors – Great Britain – 19th century.
• Aquatints – Great Britain – 19th century.

Note

• Title from case.
• Five drawings signed in brown ink, lower right: "Rowlandson." Three have ms. legends (distichs by William Combe) inscribed on mounts.
• Prints bear imprint in upper margin: London, pub. March 1, 1815[-Decr. 1, 1815] at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand ("London" only on first print, which is cropped, affecting the imprint). Verse legends by William Combe.
• Seven drawings reproduced as aquatints in pts. 2, 4, 12, 15, 20 and 21 of: The English dance of death / from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson ; with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Doctor Syntax" [William Combe]. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1814-1816 (issued in 24 monthly parts). Prints published in pts. 12, 20 and 21.
• For detailed description of prints and related drawings, cf. Rowlandson's drawings for The English dance of death / with an introduction and notes by Robert R. Wark. 1966. No. 5, 12, 36, 45, 58, 62. Cf. also Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1979 ed.), no. 411.
• Drawings comprise: Tom Higgins (no. 5); The sot (no. 12); The bishop and Death (no. 36); Death turned pilot (no. 45); The toastmaster (no. 58); The lottery office (no. 62), preliminary sketch and finished version; 2 unpublished drawings. Prints comprise: The bishop and Death (no. 36); The toastmaster (no. 58); The lottery office (no. 62).
• Seven drawings in ink and watercolor, 2 in brown ink; several with traces of preliminary pencil.
• Six drawings mounted on stiff paper or illustration board; all items matted.
• Enclosed in burgundy cloth case (33 cm.), with gilt spine title.

Call Number

Arents BIP+ (Combe, W. English) AL 01-492

OCLC

NYPG01-F279

Author

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827. Artist

Title

Original drawings: Combe's "Dance of death" [graphic].

Imprint

1814-1815.

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Added Author

Combe, William, 1742-1823.

Added Title

Dance of Death. English.

Research Call Number

Arents BIP+ (Combe, W. English) AL 01-492