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Thomas Rowlandson — Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tomb Stones, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax
Thomas Rowlandson

Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tomb Stones, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax

1808

Master of caricature and social observation, Rowlandson transforms a cemetery scene into gentle humor through his distinctive combination of etching and watercolor.

Medium
Hand-colored etching and acquaint on ivory wove paper

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Thomas Rowlandson, Doctor Syntax Meditating on the Tomb Stones, from The Tour of Doctor Syntax, 1808

Master of caricature and social observation, Rowlandson transforms a cemetery scene into gentle humor through his distinctive combination of etching and watercolor.

Medium
Hand-colored etching and acquaint on ivory wove paper
Year
1808
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Print, Hand-Colored, Comic, Literary Illustration, Eighteenth Century, Hand-Colored Etching, Works on Paper, Etching and Aquatint, Narrative, British, Colorful, Earth Tones, 18th Century, Witty, Figurative, Humorous, Satirical, Aquatint

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art