The puzzle [graphic].

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Description

Title
The puzzle [graphic].
Contributor
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
Published / Created
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1756.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract

A group of four scholarly-looking gentlemen is engrossed in discussion over the meaning of an inscription carved on a very large stone to their right. One of them is pointing to the inscription, another is trasncribing it into his notebook. All bear on their faces an expression of puzzled effort

Description
Title from item.
Originally published in 1756 by Thomas Bowles and John Bowles & Son.
Three lines of dedication below title: To the penetrating genius's of Oxford, Cambridge, Eaton [sic], Westminster, and the learned Society of Antiquarians. This curious inscription is humbly dedicated.
Below the plate mark is printed another plate, 6.5 x 15 cm., engraved wtih 5 lines of text: The inscription on the stone, without having regard to the stops, capital letters, or division of the words easily reads as follows ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Epitaphs.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i ; May 1954 ;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 22.5 x 16.30 cm, on sheet 35 x 23 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
764.00.00.07 Impression 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1764
Watermarks (Paper) Band
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Puzzles
Subjects
Puzzles
England > 1756
England > London > 1764
Band

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8446650
Object ID (OID)
10713225

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