A comic nighttime scene: a man in his night cap stands in the entrance of his front doorway holding a blunderbuss under his arm and a lit candlestick in his hand. He and his dog both show alarm at the sight of a horse tied to the knocker on the door. In the background (left), around the corner of the house the moonlight reveals two young men who watch in amusement, one laughing behind his hand. On the ground are clam shells. A lantern above the door provides further light on the subject
Alternative Title:
Disturbed by the nightmare
Description:
Title engraved below image., Engraved after a painting exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1828; see Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for Theodore Lane., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Bulcock, 163 Strand, July 1, 1828, & at Paris by H. Rittner, Boulevard Montmartre
"Half-length portrait as Cardinal Wolsey, three-quarter to the right, unrolling paper on his side, in habit, with medium-long blonde hair, Tower of London seen through arched window in the right background; open-letter state, publication line trimmed off."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1877,0512.258., Artist from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of activity.
