A [letter] from an auction[ear] in [town] [toe] his friend [eye]n the count[rye] [graphic].

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Title: A [letter] from an auction[ear] in [town] [toe] his friend [eye]n the count[rye] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Letter from an auctioneer in town to his friend in the country
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 November 1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act Nov. 13, 1756, by Darly and Edwards at [the] Acorn facing Hungerford, Strand
Description: Title from item.
Plate numbered '42' in upper right corner of image.
An engraved letter in the form of rebus.
The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'letter' by an envelope, 'eer' in 'auctioneer' by an ear, 'town' by a panorama of a town, 'to' by a toe, 'i' in 'in' by an eye, 'ry' in 'country' by a sheaf of rye.
Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757].
Temporary local subject terms: Seven Years War: reference to Fort Mahon.
Mounted to 27 x 30 cm., with Bowditch's ms. annotations.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11 x 7.9 cm, on sheet 10 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Rebuses
Etchings England London 1756
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1756
England > London > 1756

Access: Public
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