The sleep-walker [graphic].
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11811440
Description
- Title
- The sleep-walker [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Sleepwalker
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Sneyd, William, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 November 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair; he is about to descend the first step, perilously near the left edge. Behind him, in a wall of heavy masonry, is an open door surmounted by a crown. A tall gothic window pierces the wall of the building."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Possibly etched from a drawing by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36.1 x 24.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges.
Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 3 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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 : sheet 35 x 23 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Subject (Topic)
-
Candlesticks
Castles & palaces
Interiors
Quatrefoils
Sleepwear
Somnambulism
Stairways - Subjects
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Candlesticks
Castles & palaces
Interiors
Quatrefoils
Sleepwear
Somnambulism
Stairways
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
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
- 8049030
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811440
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