- Used
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since September 25, 1996
Condition: Used
US$ 6,500.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
2 Watercolor sketches, 7 3/4 x 11 1/4" each. Mounted on board. Signed and dated in ink lower left. In 1/2 red leather clam shell case with A. E. Newton bookplate and title in gold on spine. Evocative diptych of a man wearing a white wig, a jacket and ruffled cuffs holding a watch, together with the same man bent over a table to eat with a knife and fork. At right is a roast chicken on a platter, with two other dishes to either side. A standing servant pours a glass of wine from a carafe, and a dog sits on its hind legs to smell the food at lower right. Foxing and staining, images mounted onto boards. The artist frequently created multiple versions of the same theme. A variation of 'The Impatient Diner' is in the People's Collection Wales. Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as a large number of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) was an American industrialist better known as an author and avid book collector. …
Seller Inventory # 334320
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Impatient Diner or Waiting for Dinner & At Dinner
- Author
- ROWLANDSON, Thomas
- Publisher
- London
- Publication year
- 1796
- Binding
- unbound
- Seller catalogs
- 18TH CENTURY, CARICATURE, CARTOONS & CARICATURES, SATIRE
Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
New York, NY, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 6 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 6.00 | US$ 11.00 |
Payment methods
Store description
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
Specialty
Americana, Art, Autographs, History of Medicine, Modern First Editions, Antique Prints & Maps, Rare Books, Women, World History, Scholarly Books on All SubjectsAssociation member
Seller's business information
Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
116 East 59th Street
New York, NY U.S.A. 10022
Terms of sale
All items are offered net, subject to prior sale.
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt -- please contact us first.
Payment by VISA, MASTERCARD & AMERICAN EXPRESS.
Appropriate sales tax will be added for all New York State residents.
Argosy Book Store, Inc.
Benjamin Lowry
116 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
USA
telephone 212-753-4455
fax 212-593-4784
email argosy@argosybooks.com
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are estimates based on an "average" book weighing 2 pounds and measuring no more than 10 x 7 inches. If your book(s) are heavy and/or large, we may contact you to request extra shipping charges...
DOMESTIC SHIPPING:
Media Mail (Book rate) is $4.00 for 1st volume and $2.00 for each additional volume.
Priority mail is $11.00 for 1st volume and $3.00 for each additional volume.
UPS is $14.00 for 1st volume, $3.00 for each additional volume.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING:
Books of "average" size might be sent overseas via Global Priority Airmail for $35.00 each volume, but oversized or overweight books must be sent by other methods or carriers, and will almost certainly cost more, depending on the actual weight.