A man looks up in horror at the image of a demon, smoking a pipe and holding a lantern, sitting astride his sleeping wife beside him in their truckle bed. A horse looks on, his head poking through the casement window. Beside their bed is a candle, chamber pot, and a chair on which he has thrown his coat. Probably deriving (remotely) from Fuseli's 'Nightmare'.
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top and bottom., and Matted to 41 x 55 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Holland, October 26, 1794, No. 50 Oxford Steet [sic]