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Small Engraving, This illustration is titled "
Doctor Syntax, Setting out on his Tour to the Lakes". The image is from the book The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, a satirical poem by William Combe with illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson.
The work first appeared in monthly installments in The Poetical Magazine between 1809 and 1811 before being published as a book in 1812. The character of Doctor Syntax, a fictional country curate and schoolmaster, was created to parody the popular aesthetic of the "picturesque" and the travel writers who promoted it at the time. In the story, the character decides to travel and write a book to make his fortune, suffering many comical mishaps along the way. The illustration shows him at the start of his journey, leaving his home and his wife with a servant holding his horse, Grizzle, while villagers look on |
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