print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: S,2.55
Title: Object: The Distressed Poet
Description: 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. 1737 Etching and engraving
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Production date: 1737
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 359 millimetres; Width: 408 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The date of publication was March 1737 in the New Style
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (145.II); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (145.II); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (2309)
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
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
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Acquisition date: 1827 (before)
Acquisition notes: See comment on S,2.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: S,2.55

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