Fun upon fun, or, The first and second part of Miss Kitty Fishers merry thought no joke like a true joke, come, who'l [sic] fish in my fishpond? [graphic]
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Lewis Walpole Library > Fun upon fun, or, The first and second part of Miss Kitty Fishers merry thought no joke like a true joke, come, who'l [sic] fish in my fishpond? [graphic]
10714752
Description
- Title
- Fun upon fun, or, The first and second part of Miss Kitty Fishers merry thought no joke like a true joke, come, who'l [sic] fish in my fishpond? [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- First and second part of Miss Kitty Fishers merry thought
- Creator
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Contributor
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Vivarès, François, 1709-1780, publisher.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1760]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- F. Vivarez and by P. Sandby
- Abstract
-
"A vendor of ballads walking from the left singing from a ballad on the courtesan Kitty Fisher, holding a fishing line as a visual pun, with his wife and two children singing further off to right, illuminated by the sunlight falling from left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker and publication information from first plate in series.
Twelfth plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate numbered "12" beneath lower right corner of image.
Temporary local subject terms: Catherine Maria Fisher, ca. 1738-1767, known as Kitty Fisher -- Theaters: Old Haymarket Theatre.
Description in an unidentified hand added below image on mounting sheet; window mounted to 38 x 26 cm. - Provenance
- Peter Murray Hill, December 1960;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 22 x 16 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 760.00.00.35
- Collection Title
- Leaf 12. Twelve London cries, done from the life.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809.
- Collection Date
- [London] : Sold by F. Vivarez, engraver in Newport Street ; and by P. Sandby next door the Fountain in Broad Street, [1760]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Cries
Etchings England London 1760
Annotations (Provenance) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Fisher, Kitty, 1741?-1767.
- Subject (Topic)
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Ballads
Sedan chairs
Singers
Street vendors
Singing
Fishing & hunting gear - Subjects
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Fisher, Kitty, 1741?-1767
Ballads
Sedan chairs
Singers
Street vendors
Singing
Fishing & hunting gear
England > London > 1760
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8572747
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714752
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