Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Cries of London, No. 3 : Last dying speech & confession
Item Information
- Title:
- Cries of London, No. 3 : Last dying speech & confession
- Description:
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A street ballad singer, of the St. Giles' order, is crying the last speech of 'the unfortunate malefactors who were executed this morning:' a common enough announcement when the extreme punishment of hanging visited small offences, and executions were of more frequent occurrence. That the fear of capital punishment did not act as a corrective to theft is illustrated in the background of the print, where a mere infant is drawn in the act of picking the pocket of a passing pedestrian.
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Etcher:
- Merke, Henri
- Name on Item:
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Rowlandson Delin. Merke sculp.
- Date:
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February 20, 1799
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Caricatures
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
- Series:
- Cries of London
- Subjects:
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Singers
Executions
Dogs
- Places:
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England > London
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 44 x 30 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pm173
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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London, 101 Strand :
R. Ackermann's Gallery
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Grego, I, p. 354
- Notes (acquisition):
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The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
- Notes (object):
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Bound in a volume containing 9 etchings, titled "Cries of London," Rowlandson, 1799 on spine.
- Identifier:
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18_03_000649
- Barcode:
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36666003781560
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