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Artist:Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756 - 1827) - draughtsman and etcher
Title: \"Dr Syntax with the Skimmington Riders\" - 1812Medium: Original Etching with original hand colouring, Rowlandson\'s lifetime printing, from \"A Tour in Search of the Picturesque, a Poem\", by William CombeSignature: Signed by the Artist on the plate, as to be expected from the periodDesignation: \"Design\'d & Etch\'d by Rowlandson,\" or \"Drawn & Etched by Rowlandson,\" LL.\" Plate carries the publication date of 1st May 1812. Size: 12 x 9 inches (overall)Printer/Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London, c 1812Reference:M. Dorothy George, \'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum\', VIII, 1947,Grego, \'Rowlandson\', ii. 194 f.About the Publication: “The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque” is astory of a fictional, rural schoolmaster and pastor who attempts to make hisfortune by going travelling, and then writing and illustrating a book about hisexperiences of quaint and unusual places.The story is told in the form of verse, written by William Combe, aprolific English writer of miscellaneous prose and satirical verse, andillustrated with colour plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Combe wrote the text toelucidate the illustrations. It wasfirst published in 1809 in serial form in Rudolph Ackermann\'s The Poeticalmagazine as The schoolmaster\'s tour. The work was first collected into bookform \'by popular demand\' in 1812, and was reprinted a number of times duringthe following decades. Thiscollaboration of designer, author, and publisher went on to produce a furthertwo \'Tours\': The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation (1820), andThe Third Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of a Wife (1821).
