[Old woman sleeping] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Old woman sleeping] [graphic].
Creator: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, printmaker
Contributor: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, artist.
Published / Created: [1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An elderly woman in spectacles sleeps in a chair, a jug and glass on a table beside her. Under the table, sits a cat; a book lies open on the floor at her feet. A pair of scissors hangs from a chain on her lap. Behind the high backed chair, a man embraces a young woman who has her finger to her lips to quiet the spectator
Description: Title provided in manuscript; artist name lacking.
Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 13.2 x 9.8 cm, on sheet 15 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Cats
Couples
Courtship
Sleeping
Subjects: Cats
Couples
Courtship
Sleeping
England > 1788
England > London > 1788

Access: Public
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