Swearing [graphic].

Description

Title: Swearing [graphic].
Creator: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [4 January 1825]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Jany. 4, 1825, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London
Abstract: "A gouty old magistrate sits at a table in a parlour in an armchair with its back to the fire (right); his clerk writes. A parish beadle with his staff stands just inside the door, behind a ragged dustman or labourer, who scratches his head while a pregnant woman (who is swearing a child to the latter) holds her apron to her eye."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Henry Heath in the British Museum catalogue.
Provenance: Auchincloss, vol. xviii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15 x 19 cm, on sheet 20 x 23 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1825
Etchings England London 1825
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Gout
Judges
Pregnant women
Fireplaces
Cats
Dogs
Subjects: Gout
Judges
Pregnant women
Fireplaces
Cats
Dogs
England > 1825
England > London > 1825

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