The inflexible porter a tragedy / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The inflexible porter a tragedy / [graphic]
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher. - Published / Created
- [24 March 1783]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Marh. 24th, 1783, by J.R. Smith, N. 83 opposite [the] Pantheon, Oxford Street
- Abstract
-
"The roofed gateway of a great man's house. In front of an archway (left) through which appears a staircase, an obese porter stands in profile to the right, lifting up both hands to show the impossibility of access to his master. He is addressing a would-be visitor, middle-aged and stout, who faces him with an insinuating smile, hat in hat, pointing with his right hand towards his companion, a slim young man (right), who stands full-face, his right hand in his breeches pocket. The young man is dressed like, and resembles, the 'Modern Fine Gentleman' in British Museum Satires No. 6342, a companion print. His right hand is in his breeches pocket, his left, holding his hat, rests on the head of his tall cane."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Companion print to: Front, side view, and back front, of a modern fine gentleman.
Mounted on page 16 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
1 print : etching and crayon manner on laid paper ; sheet 24.1 x 26.2 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24 x 27 cm, on sheet 30 x 46 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 2, page 16. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Crayon manner prints England London 1783 - Material
- etching and crayon manner ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
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Clothing & dress
Porters
Stairways - Subjects
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Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Porters
Stairways
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
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
- Catalog Record
- 10152660
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355626
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