Print, satirical print (BM 2006,0929.58 1)
Summary
Satirical print; a man in night-clothes grabs at his bed-sheet as it is pulled away by a black servant.
Hand-coloured lithograph
A nightcap is typically a soft, close-fitting cap made of a warm material like cotton or wool, and is designed to be worn in bed to keep the head warm while sleeping. Nightcaps were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were often made of silk or velvet and decorated with lace or embroidery.
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Tags
british museum
lithographs
colored lithograph
black africans in art
coloured lithographs in the british museum
men in bed in art
nightcaps headgear in art
prints
high resolution
Date
1833
in collections
Source
British Museum
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain