Sr. Tony Watch-waters and Dame Grizell his beautiful wife [graphic].

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Title: Sr. Tony Watch-waters and Dame Grizell his beautiful wife [graphic].
Alternative Title: Sir Tony Watch-waters and Dame Grizell his beautiful wife
Contributor: Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1726 and 1746]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: John Bowles
Description: Title etched within item.
Publication attributed to John Bowles and dated based on imprint from other prints in the series.
Print for August. One of a series of etchings representing the months of the year. Only the image for January has the series title "Lilliputian figures".
Six lines of verse below title: Hah madam, have I caught ye napping, how luckily for me things happen ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Lilliputians.
Month designation in series erased from this impression.
Suggested restrike date in an unverified card catalog record: ca. 1810.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v.1, p.89 ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.5 x 14.7 cm, on sheet 32 x 19 cm
Language: English

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

Access: Public
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