print
- Museum number
- 1865,0520.911
- Description
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A blind beggar sitting on the steps of a house, holding out a hand to beg, with a girl in classical dress sitting beside him, holding a basket of fruit in her lap and looking towards the viewer, with ships in a bay in the background to left; after Mortimer. 1781
Etching
- Production date
- 1781
- Dimensions
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Height: 250 millimetres (image)
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Height: 279 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Width: 310 millimetres (image)
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Width: 336 millimetres (trimmed?)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The original drawing is no longer known; it belonged to Mortimer when the etching was published and was sold in his sale, 31/5/1784 (46) as 'Blind Beggar etc. This has been engraved by Mr. Blyth £1.2.0'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,0520.911
