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The anatomist overtaken by the watch in carrying off Miss W--ts in a hamper
- Title
- The anatomist overtaken by the watch in carrying off Miss W--ts in a hamper [graphic]
- Author
- Austin, William, 1721-1820
- Publication
- [London], May 1, 1773.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Still image | Permit needed | Pforz VMAT (FF 0147) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777
- Description
- 1 print : etching; 274 x 394 mm (plate mark)
- Summary
- William Hunter, carrying a dilapidated skull, flees from a watchman as a third man points at the escaping anatomist; on the ground is a basket, the lid of which has fallen open to reveal the body of a young woman in a shroud.
- Subject
- Note
- All known copies have the first "in" in the title scratched away, but faintly visible.
- Numbered '8' in upper right of plate.
- Eighth plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr.
- Indexed In (note)
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum
- Call Number
- Pforz VMAT (FF 0147)
- OCLC
- 81515191
- Author
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, artist.
- Title
- The anatomist overtaken by the watch in carrying off Miss W--ts in a hamper [graphic]
- Imprint
- [London], May 1, 1773.
- Indexed In:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 5119
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy: Skillfully hand-colored. -- With "WATTS" filled out in pencil underneath "W--ts" in the title.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, dedicatee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz VMAT (FF 0147)