The Chimney Sweeper's Complaint
Watercolour
1806 (published)
1806 (published)
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Drawing depicting a child chimney sweep in the street, talking to a man, behind them a house, three trees and the corner of a building with a plaque lettered Portman Square.
Object details
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| Title | The Chimney Sweeper's Complaint (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour on card, mounted on blue sugar paper. |
| Brief description | Illustration, frontispiece to 'The Chimney Sweeper's Complaint' by W. Holloway. Great Britain, published under the imprint John Harris, successor to Elizabeth Newbery, 1806. (M 382). |
| Physical description | Drawing depicting a child chimney sweep in the street, talking to a man, behind them a house, three trees and the corner of a building with a plaque lettered Portman Square. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Prov. Sotheby Parker Bernet, Chancery Lane, 25 November 1977 |
| Bibliographic reference | Moon, Marjorie. John Harris's Books for Youth 1801-1843. A Check List. (Cambridge, 1976) |
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| Accession number | E.116-1978 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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