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The sleep-walker / [Gillray, ? after Sneyd].

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John Sneyd

The sleep-walker / [Gillray, ? after Sneyd].

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1795.

hand colored etching
image: 33.8 x 22.1 cm; plate: 34.5 x 24.5 cm; sheet: 35.9 x 25.6 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2891
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair; he is about to descend the first step, perilously near the left edge. Behind him, in a wall of heavy masonry, is an open door surmounted by a crown. A tall gothic window pierces the wall of the building.

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department