Dr. Syntax Loses His Wig

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Date: 1820
Medium: Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (11.5 × 19.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession no.: 59.533.1723

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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