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 ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by G.S. Tregear, 96 Cheapside and Printed by Lefevre & Kohler, 52 Newman St.
Subject (Topic):
Sleepwear, Game bird hunting, Rifles, Beds, Windows, Candles, Boots, Moon, and Cemeteries
"Pitt (left) holds up the dome of St. Paul's which he is about to place over the central tower of Lincoln Cathedral (right). He stands in a graveyard at some distance, and leans forward, on tip-toe, his right foot resting on a rectangular tombstone in...
Alternative Title:
Minister endeavouring to eke out Dr. Pretyman's bishopric
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1787 by R. Phillips, Southwark
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Pretyman, George, 1750-1827
Subject (Topic):
Cathedrals, Cemeteries, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Tom Nero, now a highwayman, has been arrested for the murder. He stands in the churchyard over the body of his pregnant lover, Ann Gill, whose throat and wrist are severed. One from the group of men who have apprehended Tom show him the knife as the o...
Description:
Title, state, and series title from Paulson.
Publisher:
Invd. & publish'd by Wm. Hogarth and John and Josiah Boydell
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Criminals, Churches, Homicides, Pregnant women, and Rake's progress
