Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1771?]
Call Number:
771.00.00.29
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in a dressing gown and nightcap, seated on a sofa, leans away in terror from a skeleton-like figure of Death aiming his spear at him. Next to him lies an overturned table with broken decanter and wine glass on the floor. His gouty left foot is supported on a stool; a crutch leans against the sofa. In the background stands a bookcase
Description:
Title from item., Artist and printmaker identified in Thieme-Becker, xvi, p. 180, Plate numbered '14' in lower left corner., One line of quote below title: For the wagers [sic] of sin is death., A companion print: The good man at the hour of death., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Death -- Books -- Furniture: bookcases -- Sofa -- Diseases: gout -- Literature: quotation from Bible, Romans, vi.23.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, N. 53 Fleet Street
