print
- Museum number
- 1869,0213.2
- Title
- Object: Statute Hall for Hiring Servants
- Description
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Interior where an old gentleman is inspecting a young woman on the left, an old lady examines a strapping lad through her pince-nez on the right, a young man at a desk behind her hands a letter to a young servant, addressed 'To Mrs Coupler Covent Garden' and several people and servants are waiting in the background; a lantern hanging above on which is written 'Cheatall's new Statute Hall ...'; a dog sleeping in the centre with a paper in front of it labelled 'A faithful Servant wants a place'; an open leaflet under a chest to right reads 'Modern Chstity exposed a Vindic...'; after Dawe. 1770
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1770
- Dimensions
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Height: 377 millimetres
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Width: 482 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Dawes` painting reproduced in this print was exhibited with the Free Society of Artists in 1768 (information from Caitlin Blackwell, February 2011).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1869
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1869,0213.2
