File:HET COMMITTE'VAN VOORLIGHTING. (The committe of enlightenment (or public instruction).) (BM 1851,0901.1319).jpg
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[edit]HET COMMITTE'VAN VOORLIGHTING. (The committe of enlightenment (or public instruction).)
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Print made by: James Gillray (?)
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Title |
HET COMMITTE'VAN VOORLIGHTING. (The committe of enlightenment (or public instruction).) |
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Description |
English: A lamp-lighter (left) stands dejectedly on his ladder which rests against a stone obelisk supporting a lamp whose glass is broken. The light has been extinguished by a blast from the head of a cherub emerging from clouds (right). A man wearing a cocked hat standing by the lamp-post tries in vain to get a spark from a flint. A stout citizen bends over a cup held by an old woman seated on the right, he stirs it and blows upon it, evidently trying to kindle a light. A dog befouls the obelisk.
Etching printed in red and aquatint |
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Date |
1796 date QS:P571,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1851,0901.1319 |
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Notes | For comment on "Hollandia Regenerata", the series to which this print belongs, see BM Satires 8846 (1851,0901.1311). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-1319 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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File change date and time | 15:11, 9 August 2006 |
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