Life and death contrasted, or, An essay on woman [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Life and death contrasted, or, An essay on woman [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Essay on woman
- Creator
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist
- Contributor
- Bowles & Carver, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [not before 1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Abstract
-
A figure of a woman, divided vertically, shown on the right as a skeleton, standing next to a obleiisk inscribed with biblical and literary quotations, skull and bones at its base. Her left side shows her as a fashionably dressed woman, holding a fan decorated with a scene showing a man and woman dancing; she stands in a park with a high border hedge. Next to her lie playing cards, a book on gaming, and vol.1 of Romances and novels. In the background stands an urn on a pedestal in a garden
- Description
-
Title from item.
Variant state, without plate number, of No. 3793 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Date of publication inferred from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. Cf. Dictionaries of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1557-1775 / by H.R. Plomer. [London] : Bibliographical Society, 1977. - Provenance
- Bernard Quaritch; January 2008; Bloomsbury, sale 635, lot 701, December 19-20, 2007.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.5 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 38 x 29 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 793.00.00.179+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Engravings England London 1793
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- etching & engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
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Misogyny
Pride in literature
Pride and vanity
Death
Obelisks
Playing cards
Pride - Subjects
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Misogyny > England > Early works to 1800
Pride in literature
Pride and vanity
Death
Obelisks
Playing cards
Pride
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8077943
- Object ID (OID)
- 17328422