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An Enquiry Concerning the Clock Tax

A work made of etching in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper.

Date:

1797

Artist:

Charles Ansell (English, active 1784-1796)
after George Moutard Woodward (English, c. 1760-1809)
published by S.W. Fores (English, 1761-1838)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Ansell

Title

An Enquiry Concerning the Clock Tax

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1797

Medium

Etching in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

31 × 22 cm (12 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1928.1261

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