print
- Museum number
- 1866,1110.914
- Description
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An elderly woman lying asleep in a bed with hangings, wearing a mob cap, her face screwed up, with the covers drawn up to her chin and the light falling from left.
Etching
- Production date
- 1815 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 114 millimetres
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Width: 78 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- One of a number of prints of a similar size, style and rustic subject matter, several of which are dated 1815: 1866,1110.913-920 and 1950,0211.19.27, 34, 35 and 36
A pencil drawing related to this print is in BM P&D (1950,0211.121) among several acquired at the same time as a number of prints by Bree and kept in a bound volume with drawings by four other British artists, at 200*,b.5.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1866,1110.914