Fast-asleep [graphic]

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Title: Fast-asleep [graphic]
Contributor: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Miller, John, active 18th century-19th century, publisher.
Blackwood, William, 1776-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1824 and 1827]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Abstract: "An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. On a round table are a jug and glass, and the sleeper's pipe lying on 'Cobbett's Political Register'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication inferred from John Miller's entry in London Publishers and Printers, by Philip A.H. Brown (London, British Library, 1982).
Plate from: The caricatures of Gillray. London : John Miller, [between 1824 and 1827], opposite page 142.
A reduced copy of a print by Gillray, published 1 November 1806 by Hannah Humphrey. Cf. No. 10644 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 343.
Cf. Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 561.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 285 x 220 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1824
Satires (Visual works) Scotland 1824
Etchings England London 1824
Etchings Scotland Edinburgh 1824
Stipple engravings England London 1824
Stipple engravings Scotland Edinburgh 1824
Material: etching and stipple engraving ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Sleep
Sleeping
Wigs
Pipes (Smoking)
Newspapers
Subjects: Sleep
Sleeping
Wigs
Pipes (Smoking)
Newspapers
England > 1824
Scotland > 1824
England > London > 1824
Scotland > Edinburgh > 1824

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