[John Smith alias Buckhorse] [graphic].

Description

Title: [John Smith alias Buckhorse] [graphic].
Contributor: Bowen, Thomas, fl. 1768-1772, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1768 and 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd & sold by Thos. Bowen, Printseller at [the] Golden Pallet in Shug Lane, near the Haymarket, St. James's
Abstract: A man (a pugilist?) carrying his hat in his right hand runs along the street of Covent Garden Pizza, a switch in his left hand with a bundle of switches in under his left arm
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: [The] roaring blades who nightly rove, [the] fam'd Broughtonian sons ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: John Smith, fl. 1732-1746.
Watermark: countermark W.
Manuscript note in later hand above image: Jack Smith better known by the name of Buck Horse -- The celebrated old pugilist -- Scene Covent Garden Piazza.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.4 x 21.4 cm, on sheet 35 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Watermarks (Paper)
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Boxers (Sports)
Subjects: Boxers (Sports)
England > 1770
England > London > 1770
18th century

Access: Public
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