print;
book-illustration;
almanac;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1978,U.2856
- Title
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Object: Born a genius - and born a dwarf
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Series: The Comic Almanack, 1847
- Description
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Proof of a plate from an almanac, on a sheet with 1978.u.2855, 2857 and 2858; two designs; the first, a despairing artist in a garret seated before a painting, with an empty plate behind; the second, Tom Thumb admiring jewellery on a chaise-longue in a luxurious room, surrounded by riches; a reference to an entry in Benjamin Robert Haydon's diary. 1846
Etching on chine collé
- Production date
- 1846
- Dimensions
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Height: 82 millimetres (image)
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Height: 225 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Width: 131 millimetres (image)
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Width: 352 millimetres (plate-mark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1996 Jul-Nov, Grasmere, Dove Cottage, Benjamin Robert Haydon
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Comic Almanack, 1847
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1978,U.2856
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179