James Ward
Doctor Syntax

Doctor Syntax

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Doctor Syntax
ArtistBritish, 1769–1859
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Doctor Syntax
Date1823
PlaceEngland
MediumLithograph, proof before lettering
DimensionsPlate: 14 1/2 × 18 7/8 in. (36.8 × 48 cm)
 Sheet: 19 1/8 × 23 1/2 in. (48.6 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Tom Roupe at "One Great Night in November, 1999"
Object number99.486
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The sheet is inscribed in pencil, recto, lower edge, beginning at the left: "James Ward R. D. Print for Dal / [illegible] Proof [illegible] / Doctor Syntax / London. Pub d apbid . 1823 for J.W. by R. Aikerman / & Rodwell [illegible]".

The sheet is inscribed in pencil, verso, upper left: "BJ 6607"
The sheet is signed in pencil, recto, lower left: "James Ward".
Catalogue raisonnéGrundy 64; Beckett 16

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