The true hearty Englishman, or, Blood to the backbone [graphic].

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Title: The true hearty Englishman, or, Blood to the backbone [graphic].
Alternative Title: Blood to the backbone
Contributor: Bowles & Carver, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Bowles & Carver, Map & Printsellers, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Description: Title from item.
Publication date inferred from the date of partnership formed by Henry Carington Bowles and Carver after Carington Bowles's death in 1792.
Probably first published by Carington Bowles in December 1772.
Plate numbered '267' in lower left corner.
Two lines of verse, printed in one line, below title: Some fools in drinking must have rules confin'd ; our soul above ne'er leaves a drop behind.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Englishmen -- Tankards -- Glass: wine glasses -- Architectural details: wall panelling.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Mezzotints England London 1793
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821
Subjects: Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1772
England > London > 1793

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