The humanity of the Author, in releiving (sic) the distress'd relatives of the unfortunate female, who had accosted him in the street

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Artist/Maker	E. F. Burney (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Original drawing for illustration to 'Adventures of a Guinea.'

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Categories	Drawings Illustration
Object type	Drawing
Title	The humanity of the Author, in releiving (sic) the distress'd relatives of the unfortunate female, who had accosted him in the street (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Drawing on paper Paper Drawing
Brief description	Drawing by E. F. Burney, original design for illustration engraved by Charles Warren, 'The humanity of the Author, in releiving (sic) the distress'd relatives of the unfortunate female, who had accosted him in the street', illustration to 'Adventures of a Guinea' published in the series of 'Cooke's Pocket Edition of Select Novels', Great Britain, 1797
Physical description	Original drawing for illustration to 'Adventures of a Guinea.'
Dimensions	Height: 4.6875in Width: 2.625in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions	(Lettered with title) 'Designed by J. Burney. Engraved by C. Warren.' (Lettered)
Production	Original drawing for illustration to 'Adventures of a Guinea,' Vol. III, Chapter 47, page 180, published in 'Cooke's Pocket Edition of Select Novels,' 1797.
Association	Charles Warren
Associated object	E.1801-1908 (Reproduction)
Bibliographic references	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929 Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.394-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O757256/the-humanity-of-the-author-drawing-e-f-burney/

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