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The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting

Etcher Thomas Rowlandson British
After George Murgatroyd Woodward British
Publisher Thomas Tegg British

February 8, 1808

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One of five plates after Woodward. Images inspired by the novelist Jane Collier's (1714-1755) "An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting" (1753), a satirical advice book giving advice on how to nag, including methods to tease and mortify. Modelled on Jonathan Swift's satirical essays.

The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: The Art of Ingeniously Tormenting

Etcher: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Artist: After George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765–1809 London)

Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)

Date: February 8, 1808

Medium: Hand-colored etching

Dimensions: Plate: 6 5/8 × 10 5/16 in. (16.9 × 26.2 cm)
Sheet (trimmed): 6 15/16 × 10 9/16 in. (17.6 × 26.9 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Object Number: 59.533.1923

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