File:The Heir Disinherited (BM 1888,0716.242).jpg
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Print made by: Francis Jukes
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Title |
The Heir Disinherited |
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English: A companion print to BMSat 7815. A family group listens to the reading of a will by an elderly lawyer seated on the right, a deed-box on the ground beside him. The will which he holds is inscribed 'In the Name of Amen I publish and Protest... To my Eldest Son in consequence I bequeath One Shilling'. The heir (left), a young man wearing top-boots, looks towards him with an expression of rage, spilling a glass of wine. His mother, distressed but composed, sits beside him, on the extreme left. A butler stands behind, with wine-glasses on a salver, looking with intent concern at the lawyer. A very young man seated (centre) full face, a dog between his legs, eyes his brother with a furtive grin. A young woman, a younger boy, and a little boy playing marbles on the floor, complete the circle. A folding screen is covered with a map on which 'Africa', 'Cape of Good Hope', 'Egypt', and 'Indostan' are indicated. On the wall are pictures: (left to right) Moses receiving the tables of the law, 'Jacob and Esau' (the mess of pottage); a large 'Baptism' [of Christ], flanked by two bust portraits in oval frames, of the heir's parents: a woman (recognizable) and a cantankerous-looking man in old-fashioned hat and wig. Through an open sash-window (right) is a dignified iron gate within which stand a coach and four. Through a door (left) is seen a staircase, on an upper landing a man holds out a pair of breeches to three others, apparently disposing of his dead master's clothes. Beneath the design is engraved:
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Date |
between 1785 and 1795 date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1888,0716.242 |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1888-0716-242 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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