print
- Museum number
- 1849,0721.2154
- Description
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'To burn their nits ...'? ; people in rustic dress gathered at Halloween in front of a fire which lights the scene from the right, burning nuts and talking, including an old woman sitting in the centre, a boy cuddling a cat, a dog in the left foreground and a woman in mobcap in front of a dresser stacked with plates; after Stothard; illustration to Burn's 'Halloween'?; scratched-letter state. c.1829-30
Engraving and etching, printed on chine collé
- Production date
- 1829-1830 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 170 millimetres
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Width: 124 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Included in the fourth volume of Balmanno's collection of Stothard's work in BM P&D. See 1849,0721.1 for more information.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Halloween (?)
- Acquisition date
- 1849
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1849,0721.2154