The distresst poet [graphic].

Description

Title: The distresst poet [graphic].
Alternative Title: Distressed poet
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wonderful magazine?
Abstract: In an attic, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes. He is seated on a chair; behind him his bed is folded up in his sparsely furnished garret. Beside him is a ink well and a candle in a bottle. He rests his left elbow on a pile of books on the table
Description: Title engraved below image.
After Hogarth's Distressed poet. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 180 x 113 mm, on sheet 200 x 120 mm
Language: English

Genre: Engravings England London 1794
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Attics
Interiors
Poets
Poor persons
Poverty
Subjects: Attics
Interiors
Poets
Poor persons
Poverty
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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