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Blind beggar and woman seated with a basket of fruit

Print
01/11/1781 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting a blind beggar and a woman seated with a basket of fruit.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBlind beggar and woman seated with a basket of fruit (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Blind beggar and woman seated with a basket of fruit. Etching by Robert Blyth after John Hamilton Mortimer, 1781.
Physical description
Print depicting a blind beggar and a woman seated with a basket of fruit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.9cm
  • Width: 34.0cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Style
Copy number
1st state
Marks and inscriptions
'Drawn by Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth. From an Original Drawing of Mortimer in the possession of R. Blyth. London, Published as the Act directs, Novr. 1st. 1781. by R. Blyth. No.27. Great Castle Street, Cavendish Square (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.363-1961 (Version)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Accession number
E.362-1961

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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