The blacksmith lets his iron grow cold attending to the taylor's news [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The blacksmith lets his iron grow cold attending to the taylor's news [graphic].
- Published / Created
- [1772]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"The interior of a blacksmith's forge. Two men in leather aprons and rolled up shirt-sleeves stand at the anvil; one has a hammer in his right. hand, the iron in his left. Both gape in consternation towards a tailor, who stands on the right. He holds in his hand a newspaper, "The Morning . . . Monday July" and reads from it. Under his arm is a large pair of scissors, a yard measure hangs from his pocket. The other smith, behind and to the left., is similarly dressed; by him stands a man also wearing an apron but with a coat and a short wig. In the background is a woman holding a baby. On the left. is a large forge with a cone-shaped chimney and an enormous pair of bellows. The roof is raftered. Four horse-shoes, a bent strip of iron, and the portrait of a man (possibly Wilkes) hang on the wall. A dog is asleep in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.
Dated by British Museum catalogue: 1 July 1772.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 229.
Temporary local subject terms: Newspapers -- Pictures amplifying subject: portrait (of John Wilkes?) -- Literature: reference to Shakespeare's King John, iv.2. - Provenance
- Suckling; January 1958;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 11.6 cm, on sheet 20 x 14 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 772.06.00.02
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1772 - Material
- etching and stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Bellows
Blacksmiths
Dogs
Forge shops
Occupations
Scissors & shears
Sewing equipment & supplies
Tailors - Subjects
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Bellows
Blacksmiths
Dogs
Forge shops
Occupations
Scissors & shears
Sewing equipment & supplies
Tailors
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
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
- 8335800
- Object ID (OID)
- 10716075