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The Dying Clown.

Print
1836-1837 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etched illustration for Charles Dickens's The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Robert Seymour, depicting a man in sitting up in bed grabbing another man by the scruff of his neck while a woman holding a baby looks on, horrified.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Dying Clown. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etched illustration to Dickens's The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Robert Seymour, 1836-1837.
Physical description
Etched illustration for Charles Dickens's The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Robert Seymour, depicting a man in sitting up in bed grabbing another man by the scruff of his neck while a woman holding a baby looks on, horrified.
Dimensions
  • Etched surface height: 11.4cm
Dimensions taken from departmental micromedia catalogue.
Association
Literary references
  • <i>The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club</i> by Charles Dickens
  • <i>The Pickwick Papers</i> by Charles Dickens
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Taken from departmental micromedia catalogue.
Collection
Accession number
E.826-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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