A servant preventing a messenger from delivering some letters to two weary men seated at a table (Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot). Etching by C. Grignion, ca. 1787, after F. Hayman.

  • Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
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[1787?]
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570870i
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A servant preventing a messenger from delivering some letters to two weary men seated at a table (Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot). Etching by C. Grignion, ca. 1787, after F. Hayman. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1787?]

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1 print : etching ; image 14.1 x 8.7 cm

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Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd I said. Tye up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. Ep. to Arbuthnot ; F. Hayman inv. et del. ; C. Grignion sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 570870i

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