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Low Life
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(artist)
1802-1873
(engraver)
active 1830-1900 (Life dates)
(publisher)
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etching and engraving
wove paper
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Width: 23.4 cm
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Inscription: H. BECKWITH. SCULP.T //
Inscription: LOW LIFE. / LONDON, VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED. //
Inscription: T.O. /
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: LOW LIFE. / HOW many qualities are promised by the expression of this thorough / mongrel! Has he not impudent self-assurance, and a "cat may look at a / king" kind of look about him? The half-closed eye is inidicative of sly / mischeief... (...) / "Low Life" was painted in 1829, exhibited at the British Institution in 1831, and / presented to the nation by the late R. Vernon, Esq., in 1847. It was lithographed by / R. J. Lane, A.R.A., in 1834, and has since been engraved twice, by C. C. Hollyer / and H. S. Beckwith. //
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