Wit a la mode. being a genuine answer to the letter & conundrums contain'd in Part 1. [graphic] : Part 2d

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Title: Wit a la mode. being a genuine answer to the letter & conundrums contain'd in Part 1. [graphic] : Part 2d
Published / Created: publish'd accordg. to act of Parlt. 1746.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, imprint and the image create the first external page; opposite is the three of clubs as the fourth, also external 'page' when the sheet is folded. The image shows an interior of a lady's bedroom with a young woman seated at a round table and writing a letter. On 'pages' 2 and 3 is the 'genuine answer to the letter & conundrums,' beginning as follows: My dear Lady, / Yours I receiv'd yesterday & have ever since been employ'd / in finding answer to those saucy queries ...
Description: Title from item.
Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Gift of R.W. Ketton-Cremer; May 1957;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 7 x 21 cm, folded to 7 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Playing cards
Etchings England London 1746
Engravings England London 1746
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1746
England > London > 1746

Access: Public
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