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The distrest poet
Title
The distrest poet [graphic].
Publication
[Alnwick] : Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick, [between 1812 and 1817]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 17 x 24 cm, on sheet 19 x 26 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Publication date from Isaac.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Plate numbered '32' in upper right corner.
After Hogarth's print of the same name, 1740.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
A poet sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture of a Greek temple. The only other furnishings in the room are a broken chair, a folding bed tilted up against the wall, and a chamber pot.
Variant and related titles
Distressed poet
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2011
References
Isaac, P. Some Alnwick caricatures, no. 32
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1812.
Etchings - England - Alnwick - 1812.
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