[The little gray man] [art original]

Description

Title: [The little gray man] [art original]
Creator: Greatheed, Bertie, 1759-1826, artist
Published / Created: [1801]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Wash drawing showing "The Little Gray Man" on his gibbet-wheel as a monkey seated on the chest of a corpse with the dying lovers, Leopold and Mary-Ann, below. Written on the verso, in ink, three verses from Matthew Gregory Lewis's "Tales of wonder, The little gray man" published in 1801
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Inscribed by the artist with the date and his initials in lower left corner.
In an unidentified hand on verso: "Drawn by Bertie Greatheed w[hen] twenty years old for E[arl] N[...]".
Trimmed on left and lower edges with loss of text on verso. Remnants of old album mounts on verso.
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs, August 2011.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 263 x 201 mm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: brown ink and sepia wash on artist board ;
Subject (Name): Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),
Subject (Topic): Horror tales
Fear
Death
Subjects: Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818 > Illustrations
Horror tales
Fear
Death
British > 19th century

Access: Public
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