[Sterne and Death] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Sterne and Death] [graphic]
- Creator
- Patch, Thomas, 1725-1782, artist, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1768]
- Publication Place
- Florence
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Laurence Sterne stands on the left facing Death who has just come in the door (right) carrying an hourglass and carrying a walking stick. On the wall behind him is a map of the fortifications of Namur and on the table by his side, a statue of Diana of the Ephesians under a glass dome (bell glass) as well as a feather pen in an ink stand. Below the table is a jackboot. Between the two columns of verse below the image in a cartouche is a butterfly fluttering over a torch, a reference to the soul
- Description
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Title from British Museum catalogue.
Date from manuscript note in Horace Walpole's hand.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides.
Five lines from Tristam Shandy below image in English and Italian, etched below image: and when Death himself knocked at my door, ye had him come again, and in so gay a tone, of careless indifference, did ye doit, that he, doubted of his commission. There must certainly be some mistake in thy matter, quoth he ...
In lower left corner: Price half-crown.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Aristotle's works -- Ovid -- A sentimental journey by Laurence Sterne -- Emblems: mundane egg -- Reference to plagiary -- Machine for tearing books.
Annotated by Horace Walpole below plate line: Sterne, author of Tristam Shandy, done at Florence. - Provenance
- From Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill. Given to him by Sir Horace Mann, sent from Florence with his letter dated March 15, 1768. Sterne died in Florence on March 18, 1768.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 41.4 x 31 cm, on sheet 43 x 31 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 768.00.00.04+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Etchings Italy Florence 1768 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. - Subject (Topic)
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Death
Hourglasses
Skeletons
Staffs (Sticks) - Subjects
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Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768
Death
Hourglasses
Skeletons
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1768
Italy > Florence > 1768
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8408901
- Object ID (OID)
- 10697269
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