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An apparition
Title
An apparition [graphic].
Edition
[State with aquatint].
Publication
London : Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, May 1, 1790.
Physical Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 32.7 x 24 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Newton in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2001,0520.7.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
In a churchyard, a resurrection man holding a lantern, his hat and shovel at his feet, is surprised by ghost, rising from grave. In the background is a church and in the foreground, a skull and bone.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 12, 2016
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1790.
Etchings - England - London - 1790.
Aquatints - England - London - 1790.
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