print;
title-page;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1858,0626.117
- Title
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Object: What a pity it is say I, that she has paid so much for a Whistle
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Object: The Works of Dr Franklin, with his Life, Written by Himself
- Description
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Title-page and frontispiece, printed from a single plate.
frontispiece to left: a gentleman sitting to right in front of a window, arms and legs crossed, looking disgruntled, with a young woman leaning against the back of his chair, looking at him.
titlepage to right: with a vignette of four children, one blowing a whistle, two others to left and a fourth to right, pointing at him, with a shrouded figure approaching through the door behind. 1819
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1819
- Dimensions
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Height: 132 millimetres
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Width: 170 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See also 1867,0713.569-570
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Collected Works and Autobiography
- Acquisition date
- 1858
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1858,0626.117
