The Ship, driven by a Whirlwind, a thousand leagues above the surface of the water

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

[1809], reissued 1811 · Hand-colored etching; reissue · Drawings and Prints

The Ship, driven by a Whirlwind, a thousand leagues above the surface of the water — Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

The Baron discovers the inhabitants of the moon at left, the ship in the sky at right.

Artist
Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson
Date
[1809], reissued 1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching; reissue
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
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