The rape of the petti-coat [graphic].

Description

Title: The rape of the petti-coat [graphic].
Alternative Title: Rape of the petticoat
Published / Created: [1768]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.
Two lines of text below image: He valiantly seized the petti-coat and the boot at the portal of his own mansion. Daily Adv.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 35.
Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Buildings: Mansion House, London -- Gallows -- Emblems: petticoat as the reference to the Princess of Wales -- Emblems: jack-boot as the reference to Lord Bute -- Lord Mayor -- Riots: March 28, 1768 -- Orders: Order of the Garter -- Male dress: mayor's robes -- Trades: sausage woman.
Provenance: Suckling ; May 1956 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.3 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 22 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1768
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1768
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subjects: Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1768
England > London > 1768

Access: Public
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