Wide-awake [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Wide-awake [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 November 1806]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd November 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are raised, and he has flung back the bandanna which covered his face. The room suggests prosperity: carved marble chimney-piece surmounted by mirror or picture, carpet, hearth-rug, low-backed arm-chair of modern shape."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to: "Fast-asleep."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching & stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.8 x 20.9 cm, on sheet 28.3 x 22.4 cm.
Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 11 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 23.8 x 20.2 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. 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806
Stipple engravings England London 1806 - Material
- etching & stipple engraving with roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
-
Cats
Parlors
Clothing & dress - Subjects
-
Cats
Parlors
Clothing & dress > England > 1800-1810
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
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
- 8551450
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861190
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