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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1871,0812.2874
Title: Object: Western discovering Tom Jones with the Muff; Series: Illustrations to Tom Jones
Description: Plate 12: Two men look astonished as Tom Jones enters a hall, watched by numerous bystanders; one of the set of 20 illustrations to Henry Fielding's 'Tom Jones' by Richard Newton. 1799 Etching and aquatint
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Newton; Published by: William Holland
School/style: British
Production date: 1799
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 130 millimetres; Width: 215 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For the series see comment to 1871,0812.2880. Only 12 of the 20 plates are in the BM.
Bibliographic references: Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s (291); Abbey Life / Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the Library of J.R. Abbey (241)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Henry Fielding
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Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Daniell
Acquisition date: 1871
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1871,0812.2874

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