Het Spook!, John Pettit, after Frederick George Byron, 1789

Title(s)

Het Spook!
The Ghost! (title on object)

Object type

• print
• cartoon

Object number

RP-P-1985-50

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Spotprent waarin iemand verkleed als een geest of spook een groep van vier mannen angst aanjaagt, een vijfde is gevlucht.

Artist

• print maker: John Pettit (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Frederick George Byron (mentioned on object)
• publisher: William Holland (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: England
after drawing by: England
publisher: London

Dating

29-Jul-1789

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / hand coloring

Measurements

height 246 mm × width 313 mm

What

• materialization, appearance of spirit or ghost
• political caricatures and satires

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1985

Copyright

Public domain

• Catalogue of political and personal satires, cat.nr. 7614