[Soulagement en prison] [art original].

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Title: [Soulagement en prison] [art original].
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1793]
Publication Place: London
Abstract: Sixteen men are seated at an oval table in Windsor arm-chairs smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes, drinking from glasses and tankards, and engaging in conversation. The figures include Lord George Gordon, William Holland, William Lloyd, Thomas Townley Macan, James Ridgway, Henry Delahay, Charles Pigott, Daniel Holt, Daniel Isaac Eaton, William Williams, Doctor Watson, and Joseph Gerald. On the far right a female servant brings in fresh tobacco pipes and a bottle and the walls include various prints and pictures including landscapes, 'three witches addressing Macbeth', and satires
Description: Title and date based on Newton's aquatint print after this image.
Later published aquatint described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8339.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 38.5 x 59 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor with ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gordon, George, 1741-1779
Holland, William, active 1782-1817
Macan, T. T. (Thomas Townley)
Ridgway, James
Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy)
Pigott, Charles, -1794
Holt, Daniel
Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814
Subject (Topic): Conversation
Eating & drinking
Drinking vessels
Prints
Pictures
Pipes (Smoking)
Tobacco pipes
Subjects: Gordon, George, 1741-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, William, active 1782-1817 > Caricatures and cartoons
Macan, T. T. (Thomas Townley) > Caricatures and cartoons
Ridgway, James > Caricatures and cartoons
Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy) > Caricatures and cartoons
Pigott, Charles, -1794 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holt, Daniel > Caricatures and cartoons
Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814 > Caricatures and cartoons
Conversation
Eating & drinking
Drinking vessels
Prints
Pictures
Pipes (Smoking)
Tobacco pipes
British > 18th century

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Citation: Richard Newton, Soulagement en Prison. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.