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Lord Dimple & his man in the coal pit
Published
[London] : [Oxford magazine], [1776]
etching
image: 6 3/4 x 4 1/16 inches (172 x 103 mm); sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 5/16 inches (196 x 109 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1236
Notes
Print published Feb. 1, 1776 in: Oxford magazine, xiii. Cf. BM Satires.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
The interior of a coal mine, supported by timber props. Two men, elaborately dressed and much alarmed, tied back to back, are being lowered by a rope down a shaft. The miners, holding picks and shovels, watch the descent with amusement
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
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