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Creator:
Print made by George Cumberland, 1754–1848
Text by George Cumberland, 1754–1848
Title:
Lytierses
Part Of:

Collective Title: Thoughts on Outline

Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (19.7 × 25.7 cm), Binding: 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm), Plate: 7 1/2 × 8 7/8 inches (19.1 × 22.5 cm), Image: 6 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (15.6 × 22.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered above image, upper right: "21"; lettered below image, lower center: "Lytierses. in Posibius's Tragedies | If chance a stranger in his fields he spy'd | Abundant wine and viands he supply'd | Largely to drink, and sumptuously to feed | Nor envied he the wretch he doom'd to bleed | Fawkes | Designd & Engravd by G.C. Publishd Jany. 1. 1795"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1623
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7577
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