[Mastigeus] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Mastigeus] [graphic].
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, attributed name.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 July 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. according to act of Parlt. July 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Satire on Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School (No.13): a scholar wearing a large wig and academic gown sitting at a table on which are papers, a pen and a large book."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text in Greek below image.
Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "13" in upper right corner.
For reissue with added volume numbering, see page 39 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School.
Plate numbering has been mostly erased from sheet.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.1 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 20 x 13 cm
Edition: [State with plate number only].
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Smith, Samuel, 1731-1808,
Subject (Topic): Clergy
Tables
Subjects: Smith, Samuel, 1731-1808
Clergy
Tables
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

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