The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque, a poem
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The story is told in the form of verse, written by William Combe, a prolific English writer of miscellaneous prose and satirical verse, and illustrated with colour plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Combe wrote the text to elucidate the illustrations.
It was first published in 1809 in serial form in Rudolph Ackermann's The Poetical magazine as The schoolmaster's tour. The work was first collected into book form 'by popular demand' in 1812, and was reprinted a number of times during the following decades.
This collaboration of designer, author, and publisher went on to produce a further two 'Tours': The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation (1820), and The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of a Wife (1821).
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax stopt by highwaymen, 1 May 1812
Hand-coloured etching with aquatint
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax disputing his bill with the landlady, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax pursued by a bull, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax meditating on the tomb stones, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax tumbling into the water, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax mistakes a gentleman's house for an inn, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax with my Lord, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax made free of the cellar, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax sketching the lake, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax drawing after nature, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Dr. Syntax robb'd of his property, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax sells Grizzle, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax, Rural sport, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax & dairy maid, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax reading his tour, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Syntax preaching, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax & bookseller, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
The Doctor's Dream, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax return'd from his tour, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax taking possession of his living, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax copying the wit of the window, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax bound to a tree by highwaymen, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax entertained at College, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax loses his way, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax loses his money on the race-ground at York, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax at a review, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax at Liverpool, 1 May 1812
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Thomas Rowlandson
The Revd. Doctor Syntax, 1 May 1812
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Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson
Engraved title-plate, 1 May 1812
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