print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1920,0508.70
- Title
- Object: The Thatchers
- Description
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The Thatcher; a thatched inn with the sign of a magpie, in the countryside by the sea, where a man on a ladder is laying fresh thatch, a companion holding the end of the ladder, while another man sits on a dark horse, a stick under his arm and sprig in his hatband, holding another, white, horse with a sack over its back, while a boy in an apron walks up carrying a full bowl, a young woman in a cape and bonnet, carrying a basket, stands to right watching, and a pig eats cabbage leaves in the foreground; proof illustration to the Library Edition of the Works of George Morland (London: 1883, Part 3); after George Morland; proof before letters. c1883
Mezzotint and etching
- Production date
- 1883 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 226 millimetres
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Width: 254 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Library Edition of the Works of George Morland
- Acquisition date
- 1920
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1920,0508.70