print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1860,0811.247
- Description
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A man trying to lift a heavy sack from a rock onto his back, but the devil pins it down with his proged spear at left; wooden gate in background at right; tail-piece to Ralph Beilby's 'History of British Birds' (Newcastle: 1797, Vol I); proof.
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1791-1797 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 37 millimetres (image)
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Width: 59 millimetres (image)
- Curator's comments
- See 2006,U.1539 and 1882,0311.2093 for other impressions.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: History of British Birds (Volume I)
- Acquisition date
- 1860
- Acquisition notes
- The group 1860,0811.85 to 376 was sold to the BM by an unidentified Mr Donaldson; the price is not recorded.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1860,0811.247