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Object Type
Museum number: 1953,0214.61
Title: Object: A Young Lady Encouraging the Low Comedian
Description: Young, well-dressed woman, her daughter clinging to her, dropping coin into hat held out by beggar boy, sitting beneath tree with a chained monkey on his shoulder. 1787 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: William Ward; After: James Northcote; Published by: John Raphael Smith
School/style
Production date: 1787
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 558 millimetres; Width: 404 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Frankau 1904 / Eighteenth Century Artists and Engravers: William Ward A.R.A. and James Ward R.A. (335); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1998 Mar-May, Nottingham, Djanogly AG, 'Angels and Urchins' 1998 May-Aug, London, Kenwood House, 'Angels and Urchins'
Subjects: allegory/personification; beggar; mammal
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1953
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1953,0214.61

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