print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.1541
- Title
- Object: The Distressed Poet
- Description
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An untidy garret with a man in a dressing-gown working on a poem entitled 'Poverty' while his wife is confronted by a milkmaid with a lengthy tally who demands payment; a baby in bed is crying; a dog eats meat from a plate on a chair; behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirate editions of his work. 1737
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1737
- Dimensions
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Height: 359 millimetres
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Width: 409 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The date of publication was March 1737 in the New Style
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
1996 Apr-Jun, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Landmarks in Print Collecting
1996 Jul-Sep, LA, Huntington Library and AG, Landmarks in Print Collecting
1996, Oct-Dec, Baltimore, Museum of Arts, Landmarks in Print Collecting
1997 Jan-Apr, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Landmarks in Print Collecting
1998 Jan-April, USA, Berkeley AM, Hogarth and Times
1998 June-Aug, Ottawa, NGC, Hogarth and Times
1998 Sep-Nov, USA, NY, Columbia Univ, Hogarth and Times
2003/4 Sep-Jan, Tarragona, Sala Tarragona, Masters/Printmaking from BM
2004 Feb-April, Palma, Fundacio 'la Caixa', Masters of Printmaking from BM
2004 April-July, Lleida, Fundacio 'la Caixa', Masters of Printmaking from BM
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Dunciad
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.1541
