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Tis hop'd, 'midst foreign scenes, some power he'll find / To mend his manners and improve his mind.: P.11604-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tis hop'd, 'midst foreign scenes, some power he'll find / To mend his manners and improve his mind.
The dance of life, a poem

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rowlandson, Thomas
Publisher: Ackermann, Rudolph

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Categories

Description

From a series of twenty-six aquatint plates (including title-page)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Holliday, J. R.

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1817

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11604-R
Primary reference Number: 169831
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tis hop'd, 'midst foreign scenes, some power he'll find / To mend his manners and improve his mind." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169831 Accessed: 2024-11-24 21:16:10

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