The drowsy dame [graphic].

Description

Title: The drowsy dame [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, printmaker.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, A.D. 1769.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Description: Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse in two columns below title: What raptures steal thro' ev'ry nerve and vein, when the mouth yawns and when the muscles strain ...
Companion print to: The studious yawner.
Plate numbered 'No. 4' in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Candlelight pictures -- Lighting: candle with a screen -- Yawning -- Sewing.
Watermark: Grapes.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; June 1960;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 355 x 252 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1769
Mezzotints England 1769
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Yawning
Candles
Subjects: Yawning
Candles
England > 1769

Access: Public
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