A North Country transfer, or, Abraham Newland alarm'd [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [5 April 1805]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 37 cm
- Notes:
- Questionable attribution to Isaac Cruikshank from the British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- "Trotter walks off from the Bank of England with two sacks under his arm, one inscribed 'I [...] 000. Newland, appearing in the doorway (left), hurries after him, saying, "Hollo sir - where are you going with those bags!" On the opposite side of the street is a pawnshop where Melville, in bonnet and plaid, looks out over its half-door. Trotter answers: "I am only trotting over with them to Johnny Mac Crees Banking House!" Melville says: "Hoot awa mon! - dinna be afraid - they will be as safe with me as in your ain Strong box." On the pawnshop door are the words 'Money Lent' and the three balls or pawnbroker's sign."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- Abraham Newland alarm'd
Abraham Newland alarmed - Topics:
- Ethnic stereotypes.
Misconduct in office--Great Britain.
Money.
Pawnshops.
Trials (Impeachment)--Great Britain. - Topics:
- Bank of England.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80020301
Dundas, Henry,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fores, S. W., publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97860707
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811--Impeachment.
Trotter, Alexander,--1750-1830--Caricatures and cartoons. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1805.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1805. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- 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:
- 805.04.05.01
- Orbis Record:
- 13630966
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr36553
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10383
- OID:
- 16702978
- PID:
- digcoll:4677779