The old mans wish [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The old mans wish [graphic].
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [26 July 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. July 26th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
On the right a balding man sits at a well-laid table opposite a parson. The bald man has his arm around the waist of a pretty young woman who stands to his right with her one hand on his head. The parson toastst the couple. A dog sits on the floor near the table on the left. In the background are two pictures that amplify the subject of the print: above the hearth is a picture of a horse, and on the wall to the left (beside a ornate mirror) is a portrait of a bald man in an oval frame
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Four lines of verse in two columns on each side of title: If I live to grow old, for I find I go down. ... And a clearly young girl to rub my bald pate'
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 357 x 253 mm, on sheet 39 x 28 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 792.07.26.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Mezzotints England London 1792 - Material
- mezzotint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clergy
Couples
Dogs
Dining rooms
Eating & drinking
Fireplaces
Interiors
Paintings
Tableware - Subjects
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Clergy
Couples
Dogs
Dining rooms
Eating & drinking
Fireplaces
Interiors
Paintings
Tableware
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
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
- 7919317
- Object ID (OID)
- 10957239