The blessing [graphic].

Description

Title: The blessing [graphic].
Contributor: Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher, printer.
Published / Created: [between 1812 and 1817]
Publication Place: Alnwick and England Alnwick
Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Abstract: An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
Description: Title from item.
Publication date from Isaac.
Numbered '27' in upper right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 16.2 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 25.2 cm.
Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.
Provenance: John Turton; August 2022.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 17.1 x 24.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English