The Fall of Dagon - or Rare News for Leaden-Hall Street
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 5/16in. (18.7 x 28.7cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, center left: "Tower Bill"; center right: "Broad Bottom"; lettered below image, lower center: "THE FALL OF DAGON - OR THE RARE NEWS FOR LEADENHALL. | And behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord & the head of Dagon and both the Palms | of his hands were cutt off upon the threshold."; lower right: "Publish'd Jany. 4, 1784 by W. Humphrey. 227 Strand."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection