High life below stairs, or, Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- High life below stairs, or, Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Mungo addressing himself to my lady's maid
- Creator
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
- Contributor
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Martin, Elias, 1739-1818, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher. - Published / Created
- 1st Jany. 1772.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Abstract
-
A fashionably dressed young maid sitting in an ornate armchair by a round table with an almost empty wine bottle and glasses on it, is being embraced by a black manservant sitting on a stool in front of her. Another black servant is sitting sideways on a chair near them. He is tipping it perilously as he tries with a great effort to play a horn. An open book lies on the floor in the foreground and a painting on the wall in the background is partially covered by an ornate curtain
- Description
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Title from item.
The printmaker's name from other prints signed by William Humphrey as 'Umfrey' and published by Sayer.
Plate numbered '207' in lower right corner.
One line of text below title: For wine inspires us, and fires us, with courage, love and joy, &c.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Black manservants -- Musical instruments: horn -- Furniture: round table -- Chairs -- Furnishings: curtain -- Painting -- Effects of wine.
Numbered in contemporary hand in upper right corner '155.' - Provenance
- Print Shop; October 1959;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35 x 25 cm, on sheet 44 x 28 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 772.01.01.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Mezzotints England London 1772 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Blacks
Draperies
Musical instruments
Servants
Women domestics - Subjects
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Blacks
Draperies
Musical instruments
Servants
Women domestics
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8325159
- Object ID (OID)
- 10715828