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Transcription: The tour of Doctor Syntax Insearch of the Picturesque. A Poem. Fifth Edition, with new plates. [Quotation from Horace's Ars Poetica.] Publish'd Aug. 16, 1813 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts.
The word "picturesque" is illustrated as a castle and trees.
"The The Reverend Doctor Syntax." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
Dr. Syntax in his study looking out the window, with a white cat on the back of his chair.
"Dr. Syntax sketching the lake." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
Dr. Syntax, on horseback with an umbrella, sketches the lake in which others are boating.
"Dr. Syntax pursued by a bull." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
Dr. Syntax in a tree, having lost his wig and book, being chased by a bull and several dogs.
"Dr. Syntax and the bookseller." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
Dr. Syntax talks with the bookseller while others tip books off shelves.
"Dr. Syntax taking possession of his living." Hand-colored aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson.
Dr. Syntax and his wife in a carriage drive up to a house while others look on.