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The Blind Beggar and his Daughter of Bethnal Green

Print
20 August 1790 (published)
Artist/Maker
Chapman, J. (engravers)
Bunbury, Henry William (artist)
Macklin, Thomas (publishers)
Place of origin
London (published)

Illustration to 'The Blind Beggar and his Daughter of Bethnal Green', with two verses from the ballad below. It depicts a blind man kneeling on the ground, with a young woman and a dog behind him.


Object details

Categories
Illustration
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleThe Blind Beggar and his Daughter of Bethnal Green (published title)
Materials and techniques
stipple engraving
Paper (Fiber Product)
Stipple Engraving
Brief description
'The Blind Beggar and his Daughter of Bethnal Green', stipple engraving by J. Chapman after H. W. Bunbury, Great Britain, 1790
Physical description
Illustration to 'The Blind Beggar and his Daughter of Bethnal Green', with two verses from the ballad below. It depicts a blind man kneeling on the ground, with a young woman and a dog behind him.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.25in
  • Width: 17in
Dimensions taken from departmental handlist
Marks and inscriptions
  • H.W. Bunbury Esqr. Delt / J. Chapman Sculps
  • London. Publish'd Augt 20. 1790 by T. Macklin Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
  • A Blind Beggar that had long lost his sight He had a a fair daughter of beauty most bright. And many a gallant brave suitor had she. For none was so comely as pretty Bessey. My father said she is plain to be seen. The silly blind beggar of Bethnal Green. That often sits begging for charity. Yet he is the father of pretty Bessy.
Credit line
Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers
Object history
This print is part of Thomas Macklin's 'Poet's Gallery', a project to commission 100 paintings illustrating famous English poems, and publish them monthly as engravings between 1790 and 1795.

This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum.
Subjects depicted
Poems
Dogs
Place depicted
Bethnal Green
Association
Gardner, John Edmund
Bibliographic reference
Taken from departmental handlist
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4938-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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