[Bad news] [art original].

Description

Title: [Bad news] [art original].
Published / Created: 1791?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Watercolor depicting a group of four men sitting around a table containing several empty and spilled pewter tankards responding with shock, distress, and sadness to one of their number reading aloud from their local newspaper
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Cf. Lewis Walpole Library Drawings Un58 no. 59 for a watercolor, probably from the same artist, that continues the 'news' theme.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 18.2 x 23.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite pencil ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Topic): Newspapers
Sadness
Distress
Taverns (Inns)
Drinking vessels
Tobacco pipes
Subjects: Newspapers > England
Sadness
Distress
Taverns (Inns) > England
Drinking vessels
Tobacco pipes
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Bad News. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.