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The devil's darning needle
Title
The devil's darning needle [graphic] / R. Newton 1795.
Publication
London : Publish'd by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, July 2, 179[5]
Physical Description
1 print : etching & aquatint ; plate mark 29.7 x 15 cm, on sheet 37 x 22 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
Artist statement and date etched over fainter impression of earlier state; imprint is lightly etched or partially burnished from plate.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Original: The devil's darning needle. [1795]. 1 drawing : graphite ; 27.8 x 12 cm. In The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. Farmington, CT.
Exhibited: "Collection Highlights: Prints, Drawings, and Illustrated Books" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, May - October 2010.
Summary
A grossly elongated figure is caricatured as a devil's darning needle presumably making humorous reference to both the dragonfly and the evil of the unidentified subject.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 26, 2007
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1795.
Aquatints - England - London - 1795.
Etchings - England - London - 1795.
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