The Hammersmith ghost [graphic].

Description

Title: The Hammersmith ghost [graphic].
Contributor: Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, attributed name.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [8 January 1825]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Jany. 8 1825 by S.W. Fores Piccadilly
Abstract: "A night scene, lit by a crescent moon. Men and women flee in abject terror from a menacing figure draped in a sheet, apparently on stilts, with glaring eyeballs, long beard, and talons on its outstretched hands. One of the fugitives is on a terrified horse, another is a watchman with lantern and rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Possibly by Henry Heath; see British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xviii, p. 20.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1825
Etchings England London 1825
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Fear
Watchmen
Subjects: Fear
Watchmen
England > 1825
England > London > 1825

Access: Public
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