[A street accident] [art original].
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [not before 1804]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : pen and ink with wash on wove paper ; sheet 15.3 x 21.8 cm
- Notes:
- Title and artist attribution from dealer's description.
Date based on watermark: 1804.
Purchased from Abbott and Holder, July 2016.
Formerly in the collection of Ronald Searle. - Abstract:
- A dustman bends over a large woman who has fallen and lifts her by placing his hands under her arms. She looks up angerly and shakes her fist at the dustman's young assistant in an apron who looks on (left) with a smile and hand raised. Two dogs jump around the group.
- Topics:
- Accidents.
Chimney sweeps.
Dogs.
Obesity.
Women. - Topics:
- Searle, Ronald,--1920---Ownership.
- Language:
- No linguistic content; Not applicable
- Genre:
- Ink drawings--British--19th century.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1804.
Wash drawings--British--19th century.
Watermarks (Paper)--1804. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Drawings
N736
no. 6
Drawings N736 no. 6 Box D140 - Orbis Record:
- 12872988
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings - Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr34664
- Citation:
- John Nixon, A Street Accident. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16229228
- PID:
- digcoll:4083663