Samuel Rawle, 1771–1860, Britishafter John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818, British
Title:
Premier Map of London and Suburbs: Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door, Battersea Rise, Surry
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 7/8 inches (11.7 × 17.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, upper center: "UNDERTAKERS regarding themselves at DEATH'S DOOR Battersea Rise SURRY"; lower center: "But see the well plum'd hearse comes nodding on | Stately and slow; and properly attended | By the whole sable tribe, that painful watch"; lower center: "The sick man's door, and live upon the dead, | By letting out their persons by the hour | To mimic sorrow, when the heart's not sad. | The Grave a poem by Blair"; lower right: "Published by J. Sewell Cornhil, Octob.r 1.st 1801"; lower left: "Engraved by S. Rawle from an orginal Drawing by J. Nixon Esq.r"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection