A poor painter seated at a canvas contemplates suicide. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
- Busby, Thomas Lord.
- Date:
- [1826?]
- Reference:
- 726146i
- Part of:
- Busby's humorous etchings.
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Description
In a distressed interior, the painter looks up at skulls on the wall and a noose attached to a beam
Publication/Creation
[London] : [T.L. Busby], [1826?]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image and lettering 10.3 x 13.2 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Painter's hall.
Inscription on the back wall: "To be satisfied with your own works is a bad sign. Leonardo [da] Vinci". A folio of drawings in the bottom right corner is labelled "Anatomical studies"
Creator/production credits
Attribution to Busby rests on provenance: the impression catalogued was part of a collection of impressions of "Busby's humorous etchings"
References note
Not found in: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires
Reference
Wellcome Collection 726146i
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Location Status Access Closed stores