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A night mare
Title
A night mare [graphic] / drawn and etch'd by Rd. Newton.
Publication
London : Pub. by W. Holland, October 26, 1794, No. 50 Oxford Steet [sic], [26 October 1794]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with aquatint ; plate mark 27 x 33 cm, on sheet 27 x 34 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top and bottom.
Exhibited: "Collection Progress: Prints, Drawings, and Illustrated Books" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, May - October 2010.
Summary
A man looks up in horror at the image of a demon, smoking a pipe and holding a lantern, sitting astride his sleeping wife beside him in their truckle bed. A horse looks on, his head poking through the casement window. Beside their bed is a candle, chamber pot, and a chair on which he has thrown his coat. Probably deriving (remotely) from Fuseli's 'Nightmare'.
Variant and related titles
Nightmare
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 23, 2007
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7, no. 8555
Subjects
Genre/Form
Puns (Visual works)
Aquatints - England - London - 1794.
Etchings - England - London - 1794.
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