A man in nightclothes yawning from reading a volume of 'Sleepy sermons'. Mezzotint, ca. 1771.

Date:
[1771?]
Reference:
2168634i
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London (no. 53 in Fleet Street) : Printed for Rob.t Sayer map & printseller, [1771?]

Physical description

1 print : mezzotint ; image 31.7 x 24.7 cm

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The studious yawner. 'Ye wakeful read what drowsy men compose, and feel the yawny charms of sleepy prose. With lazy joys they will the mind unbend, And every fiber of the frame extend.'

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Wellcome Collection 2168634i

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