The miser [graphic].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
Published July 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
[July 1792] - Physical Description:
- 1 print : mezzotint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 357 x 252 mm, on sheet 39 x 28 cm
- Notes:
- Title from item.
Quote from a story of the same title from The adventures of a hackney coach printed below the title: He had a canvass bag which contain'd ...
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v.
Publisher's device in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F. - Abstract:
- A soldier who has lost his right arm begs from an elderly man in old-fashioned dress whose hands are deep in his coat-pockets. The miser (right) walks away scowling sideways at the soldier. Beneath the title: He had a canvass bag which contain 'd what would answer the purpose, but his Callous soul caught the alarm at the Old Souldiers supplication; & it was hurried with rapidity of lightning into his pocket.' Behind is a high stone wall and a London street-lamp.
- Associated Names:
- Fores, S. W. [Publisher]
- Topics:
- Amputees
Carriages & coaches
Kilner, Dorothy, 1755-1836
Military uniforms -- British
Stone walls
Street lights
Veterans - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Genre prints -- England -- London -- 1792
Mezzotints -- England -- London -- 1792
Printer's devices (Publishing) -- England -- London -- 1792 - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- 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:
- 792.07.00.04+
- Orbis Record:
- 7818239
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr07506
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 10957226
- PID:
- digcoll:553401
