Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].

Description

Title: Columbus breaking the egg [graphic].
Contributor: Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1812 and 1817]
Publication Place: Alnwick and England Alnwick
Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Abstract: Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
Description: Title etched below image.
After Hogarth's print of the same title.
Date suggested by Isaac.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Plate numbered "29" in upper right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: From the Ian Robertson Collection. John Turton; September 2019.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.5 x 23.4 cm, on sheet 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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