A suit of law fits me better than a suit of cloaths [graphic]

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Title: A suit of law fits me better than a suit of cloaths [graphic]
Creator: Smith, James, fl. ca. 1749, printmaker
Published / Created: publis'd [sic] according to act of Parliament, [1749?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Publication date extrapolated from earlier state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum 3047.
'Price 6d.'--Lower right corner.
Four lines of verse below image: Thus blest was I before I went to law ...
Another state, with imprint burnished from plate. Cf. No. 3047 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Temporary local subject terms: Law and lawyers.
Watermark: Pro patria.
Provenance: Suckling; May 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.6 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 38 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1749
Engravings England London 1749
Etchings England London 1749
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1749
England > London > 1749

Access: Public
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