[Unidentified portrait] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Unidentified portrait] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Old man with candlestick sitting at a tea table
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 February 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 15 Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Abstract: An old, toothless man in a simple coat buttoned up to his chin, a cocked hat, and eyeglasses, is [presumably since the chair was not drawn] sitting at a tea table on which are two teacups and saucers and a teapot. He is holding a candlestick in his right hand and a sheet of paper in his left, looking ahead of him to the right
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
The number '15' in date in imprint statement is lightly etched and barely visible.
1 print : etching with roulette on wove paper ; plate mark 12.8 x 8.3 cm, on sheet 22.8 x 16.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 7 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 : plate mark 13.0 x 8.3 cm, on sheet 14 x 9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching with roulette, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Tea
Candlesticks
Hats
Subjects: Tea
Candlesticks
Hats
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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