The enthusiast [graphic].

Description

Title: The enthusiast [graphic].
Contributor: Tregear, G. S. active 19th century, publisher.
Lefevre & Kohler.
Published / Created: [not before 1834]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside and Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, 52 Newman St.
Abstract: A man in sleepwear and a nightcap, his legs bare, stands sleepily in front of an open window holding a shotgun, an unmade bed behind him. On the sill of the window sit a candle and a plate of crumbs. Outside the window, in the distance, a cemetery is illuminated by the full moon above. The man's jacket and other clothing items are draped over a chair on the right; his boots are on the floor next to the chair
Description: Title from text below image.
Date of publication based on publisher's street address. G.S. Tregear was located at 123 Cheapside from 1828 to 1833, moving to 96 Cheapside in 1834; see British Museum online catalogue.
Two lines of text beneath title: I've put a light and some crumbs in the window to entice the birds, for I'm determined to enjoy the sporting season night & day.
Mounted on wove paper to 36 x 24 cm. Mounted on verso is an impression of no. 23 ("The celebrated old horse Blister ...") in the Tregears rum jokes series.
Provenance: Brian Maidment; July 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.7 x 18.7 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English