Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons
Engraver
Thomas Cook
(English, 1744-1818)
ArtistAfter
William Hogarth
(English, born London, England 1697-died London, England 1764)
Date1803
Mediumengraving
Dimensions
frame: 29 × 33 in. (73.7 × 83.8 cm)
sight: 16 1/2 × 21 in. (41.9 × 53.3 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.448
Descriptionscene with seventeen men gathered in a stone chamber with iron bars on the windows and an iron door to the right, man on the farthest left has his back turned to viewer, man in the center kneels before the other men in a robe and with metal locking surrounding his neck and left wrist; a table is setup behind this man and four men sit around it, man seated the farthest left holds a strange metal device
Under etching: "Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons," "Engraved by T. Cook from an Original Painting by Wm. Hogarth in possession of Mr. Ray,"
Under etching: "Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons," "Engraved by T. Cook from an Original Painting by Wm. Hogarth in possession of Mr. Ray,"
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