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Samuel Knight
When Dido heard Eneas could not come : she wept in silence and was di-do dum!
Published
London : Pub'd by S. Knight, Sweetings Alley, February 12, 1825
hand-colored etching
148 x 103 mm
Peel 2096
Notes
Printed below image, left: A E fecit.
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A sad-looking older woman sits in a high-backed chair with her hands folded in her lap, beside a spinning wheel. Another woman stands solemnly behind the chair in a supportive posture. A black and white cat regards them from the lower right foreground.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Knight, Samuel, active 1805-1841, publisher.
Knight, Samuel, active 1805-1841, publisher.
Classification
Department
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