print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1878,0511.670
- Title
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Object: Coal-heavers.
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Series: Characteristic sketches of the lower orders
- Description
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Three coalmen outside a house, one about to carry a sack on his back up the steps at left, another about to hoist a sack onto his shoulders from a cart, the third standing on the cart at right, moving a sack by holding it to his chest; a crotchety female servant with short sleeves standing in the doorway, arms folded; a man glumly looking on from a window at centre. 1823
Hand-coloured etching with stipple
- Production date
- 1820-1823
- Dimensions
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Height: 135 millimetres (approx. page size)
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Width: 85 millimetres (approx. page size)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For comment see 1878,0511.659.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Leigh's New Picture of London
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1878,0511.670
