Leo Sacks-one of the charity crab's : I was naked and ye clothed me - I was hungry and ye took me in.

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Description

Title
Leo Sacks-one of the charity crab's : I was naked and ye clothed me - I was hungry and ye took me in.
Creator
Heath, William, 1795-1840
Contributor
McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created
[12 June 1829]
Publication Place
London and England London
Publisher
Pub. June 12 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket - sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures - none are original withoutT. McLean name
Abstract

Satire with a Charity schoolboy holding a print of a woman "Sontag" with the motto written below "My motto. Charity covers a multitude of sins."; above his head the query "Have you ever seen my piece'.

Description
Title etched below image.
Series title etched above image.
Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath.
Not in the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance
Maggs Bros.; October 2024.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 36 x 26 cm, on sheet 42 x 30 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H438 829

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1829
Etchings England London 1829
Artists' devices
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Boys
Subjects
Boys
England > 1829
England > London > 1829

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Orbis Record
17480708
Object ID (OID)
33240975

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