A set of blocks for Hogarth's wigs [graphic].

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Title: A set of blocks for Hogarth's wigs [graphic].
Contributor: Sumpter, Edward, active 1763-1787, publisher.
Published / Created: [1763]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: E. Sumpter
Description: Title etched above image.
Below image: An account of the blocks their origin &c., with an escutcheon showing a jack boot in the center of text.
Plate numbered: 49.
Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763].
Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: land tax, 1762 -- Barbers: wig blocks -- Newspapers: North Briton -- Auditor -- Coffee-houses: Cocoa Tree Coffee House -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Reference to William Pitt the Elder -- Pugilists: Nailer ('Nail'em') -- Trades: coachmen -- Coachmen: fighting coachman, Stephenson 'Flogg'em.'
Mounted to 31 x 27 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 12 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781
Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767
Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774
Subjects: Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781 > Caricatures and cartoons
Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767 > Caricatures and cartoons
Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Treaty of Paris (1763 February 10)
England > 1762
England > London > 1762

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