[The half-starved boy] [graphic]

Description

Title: [The half-starved boy] [graphic]
Creator: Sykes, F., printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1738]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
Description: Title devised from British Museum catalogue.
Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet below image; mounted to 32 x 40 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1738
Etchings England London 1738
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Boys
Cold
Poor persons
Servants
Subjects: Boys
Cold
Poor persons
Servants
England > 1738
England > London > 1738
19th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ms. notes
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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