Dick Swift thieftaker of the City of London teaching his son the commandments [graphic].

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Title: Dick Swift thieftaker of the City of London teaching his son the commandments [graphic].
Contributor: Orde, Thomas, Baron Bolton, 1746-1807, artist.
Published / Created: 1765.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act of Parliament
Description: Title engraved below image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Tentatively attributed to Thomas Orde on an unverified card catalog record.
Temporary local subject terms: Thieves -- Commandments -- Thieves' implements: picklocks and skeleton key -- Thieves' implements: masks -- Hornbooks -- Nooses -- Broadsides -- Furniture: table -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Tattooes -- Richard Swift, fl. 1765.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 31.5 x 24 cm, on sheet 33 x 25 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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