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Print made by Jacob Hogg, active 1751, British, John Howard, Esq. Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison, 1790
- Title:
- John Howard, Esq. Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison
- Date:
- 1790
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Plate: 19 1/2 × 24 1/4 inches (49.5 × 61.6 cm), Image: 17 1/4 × 22 5/8 inches (43.8 × 57.5 cm), Sheet: 20 1/4 × 25 1/4 inches (51.4 × 64.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image: "Painted by F. Wheately | T. Simpson Excudt. | JOHN HOWARD ESQ. | Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison | Published April 9 1790 by Thomas Simpson St. Pauls Church Yard, and James Hogg No.52 Berwick Street, Soho, London | Engraved by Ja.s Hogg"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1980.20.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- correctional institution | genre subject | historical subject | prison
- Associated People:
- Howard, John (1726?–1790), philanthropist
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:20228
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