print;
satirical print;
book-illustration;
book of prints
- Museum number
- 1869,0213.100
- Title
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Object: More miseries.
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Series: Miseries of human life
- Description
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See BMSat 10815. A court scene. In the foreground is an oval table round which Counsel are seated. One stands, leaning forward and shouting at a trembling witness who stands chapeau-bras beside the table. Two judges are seated on the left under a Gothic canopy. The jury are in a box stretching across the court, and in front of three Gothic windows. On the r. are two tiers of spectators, closely packed. Beneath the design: 'Being nervous and cross examined by Mr Garrow. - ' 1 April 1807; volume published 1808
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1807-1808
- Dimensions
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Height: 113 millimetres
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Width: 172 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VIII, 1947)
Garrow was a consummate advocate, unrivalled in cross-examination, which he conducted with tact rather than violence. 'D.N.B.' He became Attorney-General in 1813, and (holding both offices) a Baron of the Ex-chequer in 1814. Cf. BMSat 7718.
[The plates in this volume are registered as 1869,0213.74 to 123]
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The miseries of human life
- Acquisition date
- 1869
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1869,0213.100
