A representation of the several humerous heads exhibited in the Lecture on Heads, etched in caricatura [graphic]

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Title: A representation of the several humerous heads exhibited in the Lecture on Heads, etched in caricatura [graphic]
Alternative Title: Representation of the several humorous heads
Published / Created: [1765]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from text above image.
Publication date inferred from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved.
Plate from: The Universal museum, and complete magazine of knowledge and pleasure ... London : Publish'd monthly by I. Payne, 1765, v. I, page 455.
Another version of No. 4113 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Lectures: Lecture 'On Heads' by George Stevens, 1710-1784 -- Busts: Alexander the Great -- Busts: Cherokee chief -- Trades: quacks -- Arms: coats of arms -- Emblems: cuckold's horns -- Jesters -- Personfication: Arts -- Monuments -- Funerals.
Watermark: royal cipher(?)
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.2 x 19.2 cm, on sheet 32 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1765
Etchings England London 1765
Periodical illustrations
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1765
England > London > 1765

Access: Public
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