[Morning and in low spirits. A scene in a lock up house] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker.
- Edition:
- [Proof before aquatint and lettering].
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
[Sherwood & Co.],
[1825] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 15.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 31 cm
- Notes:
- Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826.
For published state see: No. 15214 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10. - Abstract:
- Hayne sits, pen in hand, at a table, nervously facing a burly ruffian holding a large key who proffers a paper headed 'items'. Other debtors sit by the fire or gaze from the padlocked window of the sponging-house. There are pictures of the two chief debtors' prisons, 'Bench' and 'Fleet', and a framed table of 'House Fees. Fire 0 2.6. Candles 0.2.6. Bed 0.10.6. Warming do. 0.1.0. Breakfast 0.7.6. Eggs 0.2.0. Total £1.7.0. See British Museum catalogue.
- Topics:
- Debt.
- Topics:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist.
Sherwood, Jones, and Co., publisher. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1825.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1825.
Trial proofs.
Watermarks (Paper)--J Whatman--1825.--CtY-LW - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 75
C9
824
Folio 75 C9 824 no. 17 - Orbis Record:
- 12878274
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr34256
- OID:
- 15959190
- PID:
- digcoll:2795783
