The humours of the fleet [graphic].

Description

Title: The humours of the fleet [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, [not before 1764]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, next Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Description: Title engraved below image.
Later state, with new imprint statement, of a print published in 1749 by B. Dickinson. Cf. No. 3049 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publication date inferred from Carington Bowles's separation of his business from his father's in 1764. Cf. Ian Maxted's London book trades, 1775-1800, page 25.
"Price 6d."--Following imprint.
Four columns of verse below title: Welcome, welcome, brother debtor, to this poor but merry place ...
Temporary local subject terms: Prison courtyard -- Debtors -- Trades: goal-keeper -- Trades: prison cooks -- Games: racket -- Containers: broken pitcher -- Birds.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 26 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1749
Etchings England London 1764
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fleet Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic): Prisons
Courtyards
Prisoners
Crows
Snakes
Subjects: Fleet Prison (London, England)
Prisons
Courtyards
Prisoners
Crows
Snakes
England > 1749
England > London > 1764

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.