Do you want any brick-dust [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Do you want any brick-dust [graphic]
- Creator
- Merke, Henri, printmaker
- Contributor
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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. - Published / Created
- [20 February 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Feb. 20, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
- Abstract
-
"A pretty young maidservant stands on a doorstep (right) while a man, Irish in appearance, gazes insinuatingly into her face as he fills her bowl with brick-dust from a jar. He has an ass which stands patiently, a double sack pannier-wise across his back and a second jar or measure standing on the sack. The profile of a shrewish old woman looks through the door at the couple, who are intent on each other. A dog barks at the girl. Behind is a street, the nearer houses tall the farther ones lower and gabled. At the doorway opposite a woman appears to be giving food to a poor woman and child. A man and woman lean from the attic windows of adjacent houses to converse. A little chimney-sweep emerges from a chimney, waving his brush."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below series title and number.
Mounted on leaf 4 of volume 6 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 36.4 x 29 cm, on sheet 49 x 31 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 6
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Aquatints England London 1799
Etchings England London 1799 - Material
- etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Bricklayers
Charity
Chimney sweeps
City & town life
Dogs
Donkeys
Street vendors
Women domestics - Subjects
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Bricklayers
Charity
Chimney sweeps
City & town life
Dogs
Donkeys
Street vendors
Women domestics
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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
- 12787252
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791743