Sr. Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs [graphic].

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Description

Title
Sr. Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs [graphic].
Alternative Title
Sir Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs
Contributor
Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
Published / Created
[approximately 1740]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed and sold by Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Abstract

A "Lilliputian" couple in the costume of late 17th century walk from right to left, the verse engraved below them. The design and verse are encirled by a rococco border which incorporates objects and figures that amplify the subject verse

Description
Title from item.
Later state of one of a series of etchings representing the months of the year. The month name "January" has been burnished from the top of the image, as has the text "The twelve months represented by" that was present above the remaining text "Lilliputian figures". For an earlier state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,0214.1.
Date of publication based on the ca. 1840 date given in the British Museum for the earlier state of the plate.
Six lines of verse below title: Dear Duck, while thus abroad we go, expos'd to chilling frost and snow ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Series title, including month designation, partially erased from this impression.
Traces of an earlier imprint burnished from plate and replaced with John Bowles's publication line.
Suggested restrike date in an unverified card catalog record: ca. 1810.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v.1, p. 81; May 1954 ;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 26.5 x 14.8 cm, on sheet 32 x 19 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
740.00.00.45

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1740
Etchings England London 1740
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Dwarfs
Subjects
Dwarfs
England > 1740
England > London > 1740

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8836257
Object ID (OID)
10700234

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