Dr. Syntax in Danger

between 1812 and 1821

Thomas Rowlandson , Artist Rudolph Ackermann , Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title Dr. Syntax in Danger

Artwork Date between 1812 and 1821

Makers Thomas Rowlandson (Artist) English, 1756-1827 Rudolph Ackermann (Publisher) English, 1764-1834

Medium Etching and aquatint printed in black, colored by hand on wove paper

Dimensions Image: 4 3/4 × 8 inches (12.1 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman H. Mopper

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 72.815

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Drawn by Rowlandson. Inscribed, center bottom margin: DR. SYNTAX IN DANGER. Inscribed: [inscription regarding Publisher exists along center bottom edge but is concealed by residue from former matting]

Marks Marked, donor's label attached to verso.

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Dr. and Mrs. Coleman H. Mopper (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA);
1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Comic Art: Original Drawings. University of Wisconsin, Milwaulkee, 1975.

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Thomas Rowlandson, Dr. Syntax in Danger, between 1812 and 1821, etching and aquatint printed in black, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Coleman H. Mopper, 72.815.

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