Nehemiah's disaster. A tale [graphic].

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Title: Nehemiah's disaster. A tale [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 April 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 9th April 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "A woman sits up in bed, holding up a crying infant. Her lank husband stands stiffly beside her holding an infant's commode and lighted taper. Beneath, the incident is related in biblical language: 'And behold about the ninth hour Tabitha the Wife of my Bosom awoke, . . . [&c, &c.]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved above image.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
Plate numbered '229' in lower left corner.
Four lines of text below title: And behold about the ninth hour Tabitha, the wife of my bosom, awoke and said unto me, Arise Nathaniel speedily ...
From the Laurie and Whittle series of drolls.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.3 x 25 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Engravings England London 1799
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bedrooms
Cats
Crying
Draperies
Infants
Interiors
Mothers
Spouses
Tea tables (Tables)
Washstands
Subjects: Bedrooms
Cats
Crying
Draperies
Infants
Interiors
Mothers
Spouses
Tea tables (Tables)
Washstands
England > 1799
England > London > 1799

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