This is not the thing, or, Molly exalted [graphic].

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Title: This is not the thing, or, Molly exalted [graphic].
Alternative Title: Molly exalted
Published / Created: [Oct. 1762]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: To be had at the Bee-Hive, Strand, and at all the print and pamphlet shops in Great Britain and Ireland
Description: Caption title printed below image.
Publication date from advertisement in Public Advertiser. See Stephens.
Illustration (plate mark 13.3 x 17.2 cm) above lyrics.
"Tune, Ye commons and peers."
Two columns of song, divided by an ornamental vertical line, below title: Ye reversers of nature, each dear little creature, Of soft and effiminate sight ...
Temporary local subject terms: Punishment: pillory -- Slang: 'molly' -- Gay men -- Homosexuality.
Mounted to 44 x 33 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p. : sheet 39 x 24 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Broadsides England London 1762
Songs England 1762
Material: 1 etching ;
Subjects: England > 1762
England > London > 1762

Access: Public
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