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- Creator:
- Charles, William, 1776-1820, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- publishd. April 14th, 1806.
- Call Number:
- 806.04.14.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four employees of a hatter force their employer into a bath of black dye. One of the journeymen holds a beaver by its tail as it cries "He robbed me of my coat, and blam'd others for it." A young apprentice entering from the right holds out a fish to the beaver. In the foreground a black demon whose speech balloon reads, "Push him through my lads. I'll adopt him as one of my children."
- Alternative Title:
- Advertising reward proved to be a bad plan, by dipping the master's made black as his man
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark: Ruse & Turner 1805.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Hat industry, People associated with manual labor, Employee-employer relations, Dyes, Demons, Beavers, Gallows, and Irons (Pressing)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Journeymen hatters dipping their master in the dye [graphic]