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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
2001,0520.36
Title
Object:
Midnight Revels
Description
An elderly couple, wearing nightcaps, lean out from a casement window to punish a number of plump cats who are howling and gambolling on the roof above their heads. The old woman holds up a broom, the man holds a pot whose contents he is about to throw. Other cats are on adjacent roofs, and are dislodging tiles. In the background, above the roofs (right) is a square gothic church tower, and below (left) is a house. 10 June 1795 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Richard Newton
After:
John Nixon
Published by:
William Holland
School/style
British
Production date
1795
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
447 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
325 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For an uncoloured duplicate see 1875,1014.19
Bibliographic references
Alexander 1998 / Richard Newton and English caricature in the 1790s
(170)
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(8751)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
cat
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Kit Monkman
Funder name
With contribution from:
British Museum Friends
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Kenneth Monkman
Acquisition date
2001
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2001,0520.36
Conservation
Treatment
: 20 Jun 2002