print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1978,U.1604
- Title
- Object: Blind Farmer
- Description
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A old man standing in a conservatory leans on a younger woman; illustrated frontispiece of Mrs Hofland’s juvenile novel ‘The Blind Farmer and His Children’, first published by J. Harris in 1816; after Burney.
Etching with engraving
- Production date
- 1820 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 145 millimetres
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Width: 90 millimetres (sheet cut)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Later undated editions of the book including the 6th of c.1830 were published by A.K. Newman, who presumably commissioned this plate. (via David Alexander, email, November 2018).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: ‘The Blind Farmer and His Children’
- Acquisition date
- 1890
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1978,U.1604
