File:An Alarum for the Drowsy, or Old Fools fond of Mischief (BM 2010,7081.802).jpg
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[edit]An Alarum for the Drowsy, or Old Fools fond of Mischief
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Title |
An Alarum for the Drowsy, or Old Fools fond of Mischief |
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Description |
English: Satire on practical jokery. A grand interior with a fashionably-dressed young man kneeling on the left to light a miniature cannon and fire at the skirts of a young woman who sits on the right, sleeping with her chin on her hand, her elbow on a round table near an inkpot and an open book labelled 'To thee / o gentle / Sleep'; two other men stand watching behind the first; an oval portrait of an old woman in 17th century dress on the wall in upper right and neo-classical chimney-piece to left. 1773
Mezzotint |
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Date |
1773 date QS:P571,+1773-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
2010,7081.802 |
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Notes |
Derived from an anonymous 17th century mezzotint, 'A Pouder Plot' (2010,7081.99). Sale catalogue listings Carington Bowles, 1784 catalogue, p. 114 no. 343, among 'Humorous, Historical, and Miscellaneous Designs', 1s. plain, 2s. coloured Carington Bowles, 1790 catalogue, p. 104 no. 358, same price |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_2010-7081-802 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
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Image width | 3,113 px |
Image height | 4,340 px |
Color space | sRGB |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows |
Date and time of digitizing | 11:28, 6 January 2011 |
File change date and time | 11:30, 6 January 2011 |
Date metadata was last modified | 11:30, 6 January 2011 |