[Copy of Hogarth's The distresst poet] [graphic] / Dent sculp.
- Creator:
- Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker.
- Published/Created:
- [London] :
[publisher not identified],
[ca. 1800] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching ; sheet 6.7 x 9 cm
- Notes:
- Title devised by cataloger.
After Hogarth's Distressed poet. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
CtY-LW - Abstract:
- In an attic, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes. He is seated on a chair; behind him his bed is folded up in his sparsely furnished garret. Beside him is a ink well and a candle in a bottle. He rests his left elbow on a pile of books on the table.
- Variant Titles:
- Distressed poet
- Topics:
- Attics.
Interiors.
Poets.
Poor persons.
Poverty. - Topics:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson,--1864-1958--Ownership.
Steevens, George,--1736-1800--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Engravings--England--London--1800.
- 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
H67
800 v.1
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 12626645
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr26133e
- OID:
- 16193949
- PID:
- digcoll:4048335
