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Title(s)
A set of four : poet, miser, virtuoso, hypochondriac / by Atkinson.
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Published/Created
London : Published by E. and C. M'Lean, 1824.
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Physical Description
[4] leaves : all ill. ; 49 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 79 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Host bibliographic record [Library Catalog]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 79 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Aquatint engravings after John Augustus Atkinson.
Plates have imprint: Pub. March 1, 1819, by Edwd. Orme, Bond Street.
"From the imprint it is evident that these plates appeared first in 1819, but whether in the same form or whether they were part of a larger book is not clear."--Abbey.
Another edition of this work was published with imprint: "London: Published by G.S. Tregear, 37, Union Row, New Kent Road, 1824." See Abbey Life 258.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 257
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Large paper copy (49 cm). In publisher's original printed wrappers. Copy 2 is a smaller paper copy (38 cm), also in publisher's original printed wrappers. Cased with the Tregear edition of this title (Abbey Life 258). -
Subject Terms
Caricature -- Great Britain. | E. and C. M'Lean -- Publisher. | Satire, English. | Wit and humor, English.
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Form/Genre
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Export
The poet -- The miser -- The virtuoso -- The hypochondriac.
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