Dr Syntax
Early 1900s Pottery Buffalo Pottery Deldare "Dr Syntax" Plate
By Buffalo Pottery
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The title of this plate is "Dr. Syntax Making a Discovery," and it includes a short verse: "Thus
Category
Early 20th Century American Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Buffalo Pottery Deldare "Misfortune at Tulip Hall" Plate
By Buffalo Pottery
Located in Van Nuys, CA
background color of the plate) shows Dr. Syntax on the floor reaching for flower pots. Note the puppy dog at
Category
Early 20th Century American Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Two Antique Prints Related to Wine; Production and Drinking, 19th Century
Located in Langweer, NL
Rowlandson (1756-1827). Published in one of the three 'Tours' of Dr Syntax this being 'In Search of the
Category
Antique 19th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
$153 Sale Price
20% Off
H 5.91 in W 9.45 in D 0 in
19th Century English Folk Art Gentleman’s Cane
Located in London, GB
natural horn material which has been carved into the head of Dr Syntax. This example would have been
Category
Antique 1850s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (Dr. Syntax), & George Cruikshank
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
$1,000
H 8.67 in W 5.52 in D 0.79 in
Gilpin, Wm: Observations... on Great Britain, and High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols
Located in Middletown, NY
equally potent in inspiring satires, the best of which is John Wolcot's Dr. Syntax's Tour in Search of the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$800 / set
H 8.75 in W 5.25 in D 1.75 in
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Dr. Syntax making His Will
By New Hall
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
back, and with hand-painted center design of "Dr. Syntax Making his Will" (copied from the engraved
Category
Antique 19th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, Star Gazing. 1821
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, in Search of a Wife, 1820
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
H 9.25 in W 5.75 in D 0.07 in
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a drawing
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1813
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after a
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Set of 15 Original Antique Prints After Thomas Rowlandson. Dated 1819
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great images by Thomas Rowlandson from the "Tour of Dr Syntax"
Etching and aquatint after drawings
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Staffordshire Pottery Pearlware Figure of Doctor Syntax
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
most detailed and largest examples of Dr.Syntax figures and is exceptionally well produced with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Figurative Sculptures
Antique English Staffordshire Pottery Figures Trio of Doctor Syntax, circa 1820
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
impressed DR.SYNTAX which is picked out in black enamel.
A rare discovery for such a group of figures which
Category
Antique 19th Century English Pottery
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pearlware, Pottery
Rowlandson, satire, ars moriendi, dance of death, aquatint, Bring out your Dead!
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Norwich, GB
. These included The Microcosm of London (1808), the Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque (1812
Category
Antique 1810s English Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
H 5.32 in W 9.34 in D 0.04 in
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A dr syntax can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $50, while the lowest priced sells for $50 and the highest can go for as much as $496.
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