The dead alive! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The dead alive! [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Wigstead, Henry, artist.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- July 1795.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt
- Abstract
-
"A man supposed to be dead arising from his coffin and surprising his wife (?). The coffin is placed on trestles next to a four-poster bed (the deathbed of a rich man?). The lid of the coffin bears an elaborate brass plaque inscribed "Mr Gripe departed this life Ague" (last word indistinct). Arising from out of the coffin, Mr. Gripe disturbs the woman who was reading a large book (presumably a business ledger). On the ground, a soup bowl, a bottle and a glass, suggesting that she had poisoned him."--Wellcome Library online catalogue, no. 533361i
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
First of two plates with the same title, both etched by Rowlandson after Wigstead; see Grego. For the second plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1947,1215.2.
"Plate 1"--Lower right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Theater: stage scenes -- Ghosts -- Literature: scene from John O'Keeffe's The Dead Alive! -- Furniture.
Sheet mutilated in lower right, with loss of digit "1" following "Plate". - Provenance
- Print Room; March 1999;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 33 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 795.07.00.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Aquatints England London 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching and aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Death
Coffins
Canopy beds - Subjects
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Death
Coffins
Canopy beds
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
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
- 8045292
- Object ID (OID)
- 11105866
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