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A man supposed to be dead arising from his coffin and surprising his wife (?). Coloured aquatint, 1805, after a drawing by Henry Wigstead, 1784. The coffin is placed on trestles next to a four-poster bed (the deathbed of a rich man?). The lid of the coffin bears an elaborate brass plaque inscribed "Mr Gripe departed this life Ague " (last word indistinct). Arising from out of the coffin, Mr Gripe disturbs the woman who was reading a large book (presumably a business ledger). On the ground, a soup bowl, a bottle and a glass, suggesting that she had poisoned him Wigstead's signature and the date 1784 are etched on the plate Bears number: Plate I Iconographic Collections |
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Short title | L0031335 The dead alive! H. Wigstead 1784 |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0031335 The dead alive! H. Wigstead 1784 |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0031335 The dead alive! H. Wigstead 1784
Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org A man supposed to be dead arising from his coffin and surprising his wife (?). Coloured aquatint, 1805, after a drawing by Henry Wigstead, 1784. The coffin is placed on trestles next to a four-poster bed (the deathbed of a rich man?). The lid of the coffin bears an elaborate brass plaque inscribed "Mr Gripe departed this life Ague " (last word indistinct). Arising from out of the coffin, Mr Gripe disturbs the woman who was reading a large book (presumably a business ledger). On the ground, a soup bowl, a bottle and a glass, suggesting that she had poisoned him Wigstead's signature and the date 1784 are etched on the plate Bears number: Plate I Coloured Aquatint 1784-1805 By: Henry WigsteadPublished: July 1805 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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