Image

Thomas Burke

The Nightmare,

Description

Maker

Title

The Nightmare

Medium

stipple engraving (printing process)

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

22.7 x 25.1 cm (8 15/16 x 9 7/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:numbered in pencil in LR:150In Plate--inscribed in LL:Painted by H. Fusley; inscribed in LR:Engraved by T. Burke; Titled and inscribed in LC:THE NIGHTMARE./London Published Jan.y 30th 1783 by J. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street; Inscribed in LL corner:--on his Night Mare, thro the evening fog./Flits the squab fiend o'er fen, and lake, and bog,; inscribed in LR:corner:Seeks some love-wilder'd maid, by sleep opprest,/Alights and grinning, sits upon her breast.

Type

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

66.045

About

The Nightmare

Original--Verso:numbered in pencil in LR:150In Plate--inscribed in LL:Painted by H. Fusley; inscribed in LR:Engraved by T. Burke; Titled and inscribed in LC:THE NIGHTMARE./London Published Jan.y 30th 1783 by J. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street; Inscribed in LL corner:--on his Night Mare, thro the evening fog./Flits the squab fiend o'er fen, and lake, and bog,; inscribed in LR:corner:Seeks some love-wilder'd maid, by sleep opprest,/Alights and grinning, sits upon her breast.

Use

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