Four employees of a hatter force their employer into a bath of black dye. One of the journeymen holds a beaver by its tail as it cries “He robbed me of my coat, and blam’d others for it.” A young apprentice entering from the right holds out a fish to the beaver. In the foreground a black demon whose speech balloon reads, “Push him through my lads. I’ll adopt him as one of my children.”
- Printmaker: Charles, William, 1776-1820, printmaker, artist.
- Title: Journeymen hatters dipping their master in the dye [graphic] / Charles del. et sculp.
- Publication: [London?] : [publisher not identified], publishd. April 14th, 1806.
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Acquired April 2024