Cupid turn'd auctioneer, or, Cornelys' sale at Carlisle House [graphic]

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Title: Cupid turn'd auctioneer, or, Cornelys' sale at Carlisle House [graphic]
Creator: Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, printmaker
Contributor: Wade, Samuel, 1720-1786, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd Decr. 24, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Attributed in the British Museum catalogue to either Isaac Taylor senior (1730-1807) or Isaac Taylor junior (b. 1750).
Illustration to an article with the above title.
Two lines of text below image: Cupid's soft dart the softer sex compels / And here the urching knocks down beaux & belles.
Plate from: Westminster Magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v. 1 (1772-3), p. 9.
Temporary local subject terms: Auctions: bankrupcies -- Macaronies -- Cupid (Greek deity) -- Mercury (Roman deity) -- Allusion to Theresa Cornelys, 1723-1797.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki ; Nov. 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.8 x 11 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Periodical illustrations
Engravings England London 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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