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Ricardo's fate: A modern sonnet
1807
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
20.3 × 19.7 cm (image) 26.4 × 21.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 30.9 × 25.2 cm (backing sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Tegg, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Woodward del,t (t in superscript above , )
printed in ink l.c.: RICARDOS FATE_ a Modern Sonnet
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Cheerleſ and sad appear’d the gloomy sky , / (13 lines of text in 2 columns) / London Published May, 1,st (st in superscript above , ) 1807 by Thomas Tegg No (o in superscript) 111 Cheapside
Accession Number
2449-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
accidents dog (species) men (male humans) night pails pain (sensation) poetry sonnets
Movements
Georgian