print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- Sheepshanks.3800
- Title
- Object: Nos sumus septem
- Description
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We are seven; a fool rides an ass and carries a child on his shoulders with a padlocked mouth and an inflated bladder; a collared owl sits on the ass; another fool with a lantern on his head carries a pig, circa 1695
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1695
- Dimensions
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Height: 260 millimetres
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Width: 180 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This print is an example of a popular type known as "We are Seven" that appears in graphic art throughout Europe from at least the sixteenth century: a group of foolish figures numbers one fewer than the title so that the viewer makes up the total (see S.O'Connell, 'The Popular Print in England', London, 1999, pp. 122-23). Other examples include S.6595, S.3800, 1880,0710.841, 1893,0331.13, 1932,0709.16, 1980,1011.5, 1999,0328.7, 2000,0930.64, 2009,7032.1 and 2009,7032.2.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Acquisition notes
- For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Sheepshanks.3800
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: S.3800
