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Soulagement en prison
Title
[Soulagement en prison] [art original].
Production
[London], [ca. 1793]
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor with ink ; sheet 38.5 x 59 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title and date based on Newton's aquatint print after this image.
Later published aquatint described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8339.
Exhibited "Is It Any Good: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings at the Lewis Walpole Library" at the Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, September 2023 - June 2024.
Summary
Sixteen men are seated at an oval table in Windsor arm-chairs smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes, drinking from glasses and tankards, and engaging in conversation. The figures include Lord George Gordon, William Holland, William Lloyd, Thomas Townley Macan, James Ridgway, Henry Delahay, Charles Pigott, Daniel Holt, Daniel Isaac Eaton, William Williams, Doctor Watson, and Joseph Gerald. On the far right a female servant brings in fresh tobacco pipes and a bottle and the walls include various prints and pictures including landscapes, 'three witches addressing Macbeth', and satires.
Publications
Image later etched by Richard Newton. Soulagement en prison, or, comfort in prison. London : Published August 20, 1793 by William Holland.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 13, 2012
References
Richard Newton, Soulagement en Prison. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Richard Newton, Soulagement en Prison. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Watercolors - British - 18th century.
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