print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1854,0513.442
- Title
- Object: The Poor Gentleman
- Description
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'Oh never speak to that ...'; a young woman embracing a man who sits to right, his left arm in a sling, taking her hand and turning his head to her, watched by a disapproving duenna who stands holding a fan to left, in a simple interior with plates stacked in a dresser to left; illustration to 'The Poor Gentleman' from 'Inchbald's British Theatre'; proof before letters.
Engraving and etching on chine collé
- Production date
- 1806-1808 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 190 millimetres
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Width: 144 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Inchbald's 'British Theatre' was originally published in 1806-8, re-issued in 'A New Edition' of twenty volumes in 1816 and again in 1824.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Poor Gentleman
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Associated Title: British Theatre
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1854,0513.442