Colonel Jack robbing Mrs. Smith going to Kentish Town [graphic]

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Title: Colonel Jack robbing Mrs. Smith going to Kentish Town [graphic]
Creator: Basire, Isaac, 1704-1768, printmaker
Contributor: Jett, William, active 1736-1755, artist.
Published / Created: [1745?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Scene on a road near St. Pancras church, which is visible in the background; two women and two men stand in road, one woman with her arms tied and a look of anguish on her face, the other woman raises her arm as one of the men points towards her; illustration to Johnson's 'History of ... Highwaymen"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication date from an unverified card catalog record.
'Page 120.'--Upper left corner of plate.
The fictional character, Colonel Jack, is the hero of Defoe's The history and remarkable life of the truly honorable Col. Jacque ... (1722).
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: countermark H.
Provenance: Print Room; July 1997;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 31.2 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 33 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1745
Etchings England London 1745
Engravings England London 1745
Book illustrations
Watermarks (Paper) H.
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Kentish Town (Camden, London, England)
Subject (Name): Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Subject (Topic): Robberies
Subjects: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Kentish Town (Camden, London, England)
Robberies
England > 1745
England > London > 1745
H.

Access: Public
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