The lame & blind beggar, or, The lawyer & [the] oyster a tale. [graphic]

Found In:

Lewis Walpole Library > The lame & blind beggar, or, The lawyer & [the] oyster a tale. [graphic]

10713313

Description

Title: The lame & blind beggar, or, The lawyer & [the] oyster a tale. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Lame and blind beggar
Lawyer & the oyster
Lawyer and the oyster
Contributor: Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1767 and 1778]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for T. Kitchin at No. 59 on Holborn Hill
Description: Title engraved below image.
Publication date based on printer's business address. See Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800.
In lower left corner of plate: Price 6 pence.
Two columns of verse below title: Two vagrants, as they hobbling stray pop on an oyster in their way ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Beggars -- Lawyers -- Law: lawyer's clients -- Male dress: legal robes -- Architectural details: windows -- Tablecloth -- Window curtain -- Food: oysters -- Writing implements: inkwell and quill -- Amputees -- Peg legs -- Blindness -- Medical: crutches.
Imprint mostly burnished from plate.
Watermark: J Whatman.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 31.2 x 20 cm, on sheet 33 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1767
Engravings England London 1767
Etchings England London 1767
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1767
England > London > 1767
J Whatman

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.