The Beggar
date: label: date made
content: 1771
name: label: original artist
content: Dance, Nathaniel
label: graphic artist
content: Townley, Charles
label: publisher
content: Townley, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: Mezzotint portrait of a beggar said to have frequented Bird Cage Walk in London. An old typewritten label taped to the mount attributes the original painting to George Dance, but the artist is now considered to be his brother Nathaniel Dance.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Elderly
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Marsh Collection
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Marsh Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0534.08
label: accession number
content: 1978.0534
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0534.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: mezzotint
label: Object Type
content: Mezzotint
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: support: 71.25 cm x 56 cm; 28 1/16 in x 22 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 50.75 cm x 35.5 cm; 19 31/32 in x 13 31/32 in