Alfred in the house of the neatherd [graphic]

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Title: Alfred in the house of the neatherd [graphic]
Creator: Bromley, William, 1769-1842, printmaker
Contributor: Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: Feb. 20, 1795.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Alfred the Great standing in a simple interior, flexing his bow, looking up at an elderly woman who gestures with one hand at him, with the other at the fire, rebuking him for allowing the cakes to burn at the fire, while a young woman sitting over a tub at a table behind him and a little boy carrying twigs near the hearth, look at the cakes with amusement."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Plate [15] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [15] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

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