The Confession

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The Confession
The Confession
Artist/Maker (British, 1817 - 1864)
DatePubl. 1841
MediumEtching and mezzotint on paper
DimensionsComposition: 5 × 4 in. (12.7 × 10.2 cm) Sheet: 8 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.9 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Maitland C. De Sormo, Class of 1929
Object number1983.92
Not on view
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Provenance 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Maitland C. De Sormo
Signature Signed in plate at lower right: JLeech; in typeset at lower center: London: Richard Bentley, 1841.
Inscribed Entitled in plate at lower center: The Confession.; inscribed in typeset at lower center: London: Richard Bentley, 1841.; in pencil on verso at lower right: INV 493 [struck through]
The Earl and the "Professional Gentlemen"
John Leech
Date: before 1864
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.93
Christopher Attacks Young Arden
John Leech
Date: unknown
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.91
Ho-Fi Caught in His Own Trap
John Leech
Date: unknown
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.90
Dr. Aston Assisting Hickory
John Leech
Date: unknown
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.89
John Leech
Date: Publ. 1847
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.88
Skittler Teaches the Professor a New Step
John Leech
Date: unknown
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.87
Mr. Bouncewell and His Colleagues 'Trying it On'
John Leech
Date: Pulb. Janaury, 1841
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.86
Administering a Powder to the Olive
John Leech
Date: unknown
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.84
Christopher's Combat with the Greengrocer
John Leech
Date: published 1848
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.83
Sprouts Under the Influence of His Tail-coat
John Leech
Date: unknown
Medium: Etching and mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1983.82
Abraham Lincoln
John Sartain
Date: Publ. 1864
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Object number: 1975.3
Photograph by John Bentham.
John Faber Jr.
Date: 1737
Medium: Mezzotint
Object number: 1995.57