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print; satirical print; book-illustration

Object Type: print; satirical print; book-illustration
Museum number: K,65.2
Title: Object: The Distrest Poet
Description: Copy after Hogarth; an untidy garret with a man in a dressing-gown working on a poem entitled 'Poverty' while his wife is confronted by a milkmaid with a lengthy tally who demands payment; a baby in bed is crying; a dog eats meat from a plate on a chair; behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirate editions of his work; illustration to Nichols' and Steevens' 'The Genuine Works of William Hogarth' (1810). 1806 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas Cook; After: William Hogarth; Published by: Longman
School/style
Production date: 1806
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 165 millimetres; Width: 168 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For Hogarth's print see S,2.55. This print has been mounted on page 38 of Burny VIII, but the reg number corresponds with Burney IX.
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (145) (after); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (145) (after); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2314)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; poverty; domestic building; interior; author/poet; street-trader; milkmaid/dairyman
Associated names: Representation of: Alexander Pope; Representation of: Edmund Curll; Illustration to: John Nichols; Illustration to: George Steevens
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Associated titles: Associated Title: Dunciad; Associated Title: The Genuine Works of William Hogarth
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: K,65.2