[Morning and in low spirits. A scene in a lock up house] [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > [Morning and in low spirits. A scene in a lock up house] [graphic].
15959190
Description
- Title
- [Morning and in low spirits. A scene in a lock up house] [graphic].
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Contributor
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Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist.
Sherwood, Jones, and Co., publisher. - Published / Created
- [1825]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Sherwood & Co.
- Abstract
-
Hayne sits, pen in hand, at a table, nervously facing a burly ruffian holding a large key who proffers a paper headed 'items'. Other debtors sit by the fire or gaze from the padlocked window of the sponging-house. There are pictures of the two chief debtors' prisons, 'Bench' and 'Fleet', and a framed table of 'House Fees. Fire 0 2.6. Candles 0.2.6. Bed 0.10.6. Warming do. 0.1.0. Breakfast 0.7.6. Eggs 0.2.0. Total £1.7.0. See British Museum catalogue
- Description
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Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826.
For published state see: No. 15214 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, Page 240. Note came originally up to nose, then change in plate. Watermark 1825.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1825. - Provenance
- With a stamp on verso: From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz, "Trail-Tree" Glencoe. Item no. 44. Marlborough Rare Books; April 2016.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 15.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 31 cm
- Edition
- [Proof before aquatint and lettering].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 17
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Trial proofs
Satires (Visual works) England 1825
Etchings England London 1825
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman 1825 - Material
- etching on wove paper ;
- Subject (Topic)
- Debt
- Subjects
-
Debt
England > 1825
England > London > 1825
J Whatman > 1825
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
- 12878274
- Object ID (OID)
- 15959190
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