A tailor in a high wind, or, L'embarras des richesses [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A tailor in a high wind, or, L'embarras des richesses [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Embarras des richesses
- Creator
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Contributor
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Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848, artist.
Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher. - Published / Created
- March 31st, 1819.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
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"A burlesqued tailor with a huge paunch and small legs stands in profile to the left, facing a gale and rain, encumbered with a little girl clinging to his neck, and by large roll of cloth under the right arm; he tries to open his umbrella, having placed his cane between his legs; tied to the handle in a handkerchief are books of patterns, which are blowing away, like his wig, hat, and the child's bonnet; his coat, with tape-measure, streams behind him ..." (Source: George)
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
Anchor symbol is the artist's mark of Frederick Marryat.
Artist from British Museum catalogue.
Below title: Drawn from the life on the Cliff Brighton.
Five lines of verse from Byron's Bride of Abydos inscribed below title: Through rising gale and breaking foam and shrieking sea birds warned him home ...
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- David Tunick; October 2011.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 35 x 26 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 819.03.31.02
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1819
Etchings England London 1819
Artists' devices
Watermarks (Paper) Turkey Mill 1821 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Tailors
Winds
Pattern books
Umbrellas - Subjects
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Tailors
Winds
Pattern books
Umbrellas
England > 1819
England > London > 1819
Turkey Mill > 1821
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
- 10114701
- Object ID (OID)
- 15809067