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"Doctor Syntax Copying the Wit..."
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"Doctor Syntax Copying the Wit..."

DateAugust 16, 1813
After work by Thomas Rowlandson
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann
Engraver Thomas Rowlandson
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white aquatint with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 5 5/8" x OW: 9 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-269
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "London, Pub. Aug.t 16 1813, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand."

The lower margin reads: "DOCTOR SYNTAX/ COPYING THE WIT OF THE WINDOW./ Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson."