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The Tatler: Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; Volume the Fourth
Author: Richard Steele (English, 1672–1729)
Illustrated by: Francis Hayman (English, 1708?–1776)
Etched by: Charles Grignion (English, 1717–1810)
Illustrated by: Francis Hayman (English, 1708?–1776)
Etched by: Charles Grignion (English, 1717–1810)
1759
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 13.3 x 4.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild
Accession Number2015.78.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description(London: Printed for Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1759)
Provenance1938, Alphonse de Rothschild (b. 1878 - d. 1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (b. 1894 - d. 1967), Vienna; 1938, confiscated from Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild by Nazi forces [see note 1]; probably about 1948, returned to Clarice de Rothschild, New York; by descent to her daughter, Bettina Looram de Rothschild (b. 1924 - d. 2012); about 1990/1992, given by Bettina Looram de Rothschild to members of her family; 2015, gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)
NOTES:
[1] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by Nazi forces. The precise fate of this book during the Nazi era is not known, but it was in the possession of Clarice de Rothschild again following World War II.
NOTES:
[1] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by Nazi forces. The precise fate of this book during the Nazi era is not known, but it was in the possession of Clarice de Rothschild again following World War II.