A thing of shreds and patches. Hamlet [art original]

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Title: A thing of shreds and patches. Hamlet [art original]
Alternative Title: Scraps thankfully received
Creator: Carruthers, William, active 1824, artist
Published / Created: [1824]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Watercolor of a beggar dressed in ragged, patched clothes, leaning on two crutches and wearing a bag slung across his body with the words "Scraps thankfully received" lettered upon it. He wears an eye patch on his right eye; a pipe sticks out of his hat
Description: Title, a quote from Hamlet, written in ink beneath image.
Signed with the artist's initials and dated in lower portion of image. Artist's full name "Wm. Carruthers Esqre." is written within wash-line border at bottom.
For a lithograph of this design in reverse, published March 1825 by E. Hull and Rowe & Walker, see Wellcome Collection reference: 664653i.
Provenance: Purchased from John Underwood Antiquarian Books, September 2024.
Extent: 1 drawing : 22 x 17 cm, mounted to 33 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English