Dr. Syntax & Bookseller. [engraving]

Dr. Syntax & Bookseller. [engraving]

London 1823

1 hand-colored print ; on sheet 15 x 25 cm.

P&E L1980.1.142m

Print shows four men in a library with wall to ceiling book shelves. One man stands on a step ladder pulling books from the shelves which fall on the head of another. In the center, a man shows another an opened book. On the far left, a woman sits at a table holding a flask and a wine glass.
Above the etching, in the upper right appears, "Pl.25"
An illustration from William Combe's "The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque," originally published in 1812.
Reference written on the back: 1151-I

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