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The Beggar
Maker
(artist)
1802-1873
(printmaker)
1802-1897
(publisher)
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etching
printed in black
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Width: 31.7 cm
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Inscription: J. C. ARMYTAGE, SCULP.T //
Inscription: THE BEGGAR. / LONDON, VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED. //
Inscription: T.O. /
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: THE BEGGAR. / IT will be seen by a note on this sketch that it belongs to the year 1824, / and we may add that it is one of the few pieces etched by Landseer / himself. The original passed to Messrs. Agnew at the artist's sale, and / is now in the possession of C. W. Mansel Lewis, Esq., Stradley, Llanelly. / A strange mixture will at once be noted in the group, the the hat and stick are / indicative of a blind master, who would be most unlikely to be carrying about a baby / in a basket and a hare; nor does it seem easy to understand exactly why these latter / objects were put in. The explanation given by Mr. W. Cosmo Monkhouse, in a notice / of this picture, seems sufficiently satisfactory - perhaps the more so because it must / be allowed no other is forthcoming. He suggests that at first it was simply intended / to represent a blind beggar's dog, the hat and stick being put in to signify as much, / but that afterwards the sketch was engraved on a card for soliciting contributions to / the Royal Schools of Industry, and the other objects were introduced to fit it for that / purpose. The way in which the dog holds the pannikan between his teeth shows him / to be of some experience. To any but a practised "beggar" the tin would seem / continually on the point of slipping from the mouth, and would, in consequence, be / held further down and more firmly. //
Inscription: EL / 1824 //
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