The distrest poet [graphic].

Description

Title: The distrest poet [graphic].
Alternative Title: Distressed poet
Contributor: Davison, William, 1780-1858, printer.
Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1812 and 1817]
Publication Place: Alnwick
Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Abstract: A poet sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture of a Greek temple. The only other furnishings in the room are a broken chair, a folding bed tilted up against the wall, and a chamber pot
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication date from Isaac.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Plate numbered '32' in upper right corner.
After Hogarth's print of the same name, 1740.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching ; sheet 18.5 x 25.5 cm.
Printed in vermillion ink on wove paper.
Provenance: John Turton; August 2022.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17 x 24 cm, on sheet 19 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English