An apparition [graphic].

Description

Title: An apparition [graphic].
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: May 1, 1790.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Abstract: In a churchyard, a resurrection man holding a lantern, his hat and shovel at his feet, is surprised by ghost, rising from grave. In the background is a church and in the foreground, a skull and bone
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Newton in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2001,0520.7.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Purchased from Abbott and Holder; November 2016.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 32.7 x 24 cm
Edition: [State with aquatint].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Aquatints England London 1790
Material: etching and aquatint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Cemeteries
Churches
Ghosts
Gravedigging
Lanterns
Occupations
Skull & crossbones
Spades
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Subjects: Cemeteries
Churches
Ghosts
Gravedigging
Lanterns
Occupations
Skull & crossbones
Spades
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
England > 1790
England > London > 1790
Searle, Ronald, 1920- > Ownership

Access: Public
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