The Savoyard [graphic]

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Title: The Savoyard [graphic]
Creator: Sherlock, William P., 1775- printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Sherlock, G., active 1798-1799, printmaker.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: Jany. 11th 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs by W. Sherlock
Abstract: A young woman (shown whole-length) wearing a simple dress and bonnet, stands in a room by a fireplace singing with a wistful look on her face as she plays the hurdy-gurdy. On the right, a fireplace decorated with tiles and inside with andirons and tools; above hangs a cocked hat and a broken mirror. A sword leans against the edge of the fireplace and behind the girl
Description: Title engraved below image.
Contemporary ms. note along lower edge: "The first [illegible] to the plate. This [illegible] proper [illegible] in this state."
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 56.5 x 41.4 cm, on sheet 61.6 x 44.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Stipple engravings
Genre prints
Material: stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Fireplaces
Girls
Organ grinders
Singing
Subjects: Fireplaces
Girls
Organ grinders
Singing
18th century
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership

Access: Public
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