Cupid beating up for volunteers [graphic].

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Title: Cupid beating up for volunteers [graphic].
Published / Created: [May 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Publication place from that of the periodical for which this plate was engraved.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue: 1 May 1773.
Sequel to: Cupid turn'd auctioneer. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5066.
Two lines of verse below image: [The] maids, dames, courtesans, now lend your ears, folly and love beat up for volunteers!
Plate from: Westminster magazine. London : Printed for W. Goldsmith, v.1(1772-3), p. 237.
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Cupid as drummer -- Kettle-drums -- Fashion -- Cupid as auctioneer -- Flags: folly -- Caps: cap with bells -- Recruiting party: beating up for volunteers -- Female dress: macaroni dress, 1773 -- Buildings: gateway of St. James's Palace -- Allusion to Adrien Louis de Bonnieres, comte de Guines, 1735-1806, French ambassador in London.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; September 1960;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.2 x 10 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1773
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Cornelys, Teresa, 1723-1797
Subject (Topic): Auctioneers
Crowds
Dandies
British
Musical instruments
Musicians
Subjects: Cornelys, Teresa, 1723-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Auctioneers
Crowds
Dandies > British
Musical instruments
Musicians
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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