Imps [graphic]

Description

Title: Imps [graphic]
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: Novemr. 25, 1796.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Abstract: A depiction, in three rows, of some 20 fanciful designs for spritely demons, ranging from the buxom to the bizarre, probably meant to mock the contemporary early-Romantic interest in 'fairy painting' by such artists as Henry Fuseli (1774-1825) and William Blake (1757-1827), especially their well-known interpretations of Shakespeares A Midsummer Night's Dream and Fuseli's highly sexualized depictions of nightmares
Description: Title etched at bottom of plate.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Formerly mounted on blue sheet, with residue remaining.
Provenance: With the purple ownership stamp of Eduard Fuchs on the lower left corner of verso. Martayan Lan Rare Books; December 2018.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.1 x 45 cm, on sheet 31 x 46 cm
Language: English

Genre: Parodies, imitations, etc
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Subject (Topic): Supernatural beings
Subjects: Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 > Parodies, imitations, etc
Blake, William, 1757-1827 > Parodies, imitations, etc
Supernatural beings
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Fuchs, Eduard, 1870-1940 > Stamp

Access: Public
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