print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1882,0311.2597
- Description
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Fable of the Sick Man and the Angel; a sick man lying in bed, conversing with an angel, approaching in flight from right, pointing upwards to heaven; chair at left, chest at right; in an oval, decorated with floral garlands outside the corners; illustration to 'Fables by the late Mr Gay' (Thomas Saint, Newcastle: 1797); proof.
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1773-1779
- Dimensions
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Height: 43 millimetres (image)
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Width: 60 millimetres (image)
- Curator's comments
- According to Tattersfield, the 1797 edition was a reprint of the 1779 edition, with three additional vignettes, originally intended for 'Select Fables' of 1784.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Fables by the late Mr Gay
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1882,0311.2597
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: I.B. 93
