WOODWARD, George Moutard & Thomas ROWLANDSON. [Album of "Prayer" Broadsides,] London: Spragg, 1801, oblong 4° (203 x 240mm.), 12 hand-coloured engraved plates by Rowlandson after Woodward with Woodward's text bound in opposite each caricature, later red half morocco gilt. [cf. BL Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires vol. VIII, 9791-9803]

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WOODWARD, George Moutard & Thomas ROWLANDSON. [Album of "Prayer" Broadsides,] London: Spragg, 1801, oblong 4° (203 x 240mm.), 12 hand-coloured engraved plates by Rowlandson after Woodward with Woodward's text bound in opposite each caricature, later red half morocco gilt. [cf. BL Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires vol. VIII, 9791-9803]

Provenance

Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, 19th-century stamp on a few text leaves.

Lot Essay

From a set of broadsides, issued originally with title and Woodward's text printed below the design. This collection contains 3 not present in the BMC copy: The Miser's Prayer!!, The Bacchanalian's Prayer!!, and The Epicures' Prayer!!.

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