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- Creator:
- Merke, Henri, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 February 1799]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 6
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pretty young maidservant stands on a doorstep (right) while a man, Irish in appearance, gazes insinuatingly into her face as he fills her bowl with brick-dust from a jar. He has an ass which stands patiently, a double sack pannier-wise across his back and a second jar or measure standing on the sack. The profile of a shrewish old woman looks through the door at the couple, who are intent on each other. A dog barks at the girl. Behind is a street, the nearer houses tall the farther ones lower and gabled. At the doorway opposite a woman appears to be giving food to a poor woman and child. A man and woman lean from the attic windows of adjacent houses to converse. A little chimney-sweep emerges from a chimney, waving his brush."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below series title and number. and Mounted on leaf 4 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 20, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Bricklayers, Charity, Chimney sweeps, City & town life, Dogs, Donkeys, Street vendors, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Do you want any brick-dust [graphic]
