The bad man at the hour of death [graphic].

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Title: The bad man at the hour of death [graphic].
Creator: Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Contributor: Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [1771?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, N. 53 Fleet Street
Abstract: A man in a dressing gown and nightcap, seated on a sofa, leans away in terror from a skeleton-like figure of Death aiming his spear at him. Next to him lies an overturned table with broken decanter and wine glass on the floor. His gouty left foot is supported on a stool; a crutch leans against the sofa. In the background stands a bookcase
Description: Title from item.
Artist and printmaker identified in Thieme-Becker, xvi, p. 180
Plate numbered '14' in lower left corner.
One line of quote below title: For the wagers [sic] of sin is death.
A companion print: The good man at the hour of death.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Death -- Books -- Furniture: bookcases -- Sofa -- Diseases: gout -- Literature: quotation from Bible, Romans, vi.23.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.2 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19 x 13 cm
Language: English

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