The cats paw [graphic].

Description

Title: The cats paw [graphic].
Contributor: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, publisher.
Published / Created: July 9, 1746.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: May's Buildings
Description: Title etched above image.
Publisher identified from address.
Six lines of verse in two columns below image: This doctor from North Britain came, to eat & learn is [i.e., his] trade ...
Temporary local subject terms: Slogans: 'cat's paw', i.e., a person used as a tool by another -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- ABuildings: College of Physicians -- Vehicles: open carriage -- Jacobites -- Quackery -- Emblems: cradle -- Zanies -- Reference to Edward Vernon, 1684-1757.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Provenance: Alan Thomas for W.S. Lewis, Christie's October 21, 1965, lot 33; November 1965; Major Sir Charles Blackett Collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20 x 32.6 cm, on sheet 24 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Etchings England London 1746
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Thompson, Thomas, 1708?-1773
Subject (Topic): Animals
Medical equipment & supplies
Physicians
Carriages & coaches
Quacks
Horses
Apes
Subjects: Thompson, Thomas, 1708?-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
Animals
Medical equipment & supplies
Physicians
Carriages & coaches
Quacks
Horses
Apes
England > 1746
England > London > 1746

Access: Public
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