The merits and defects of the dead by their ingenious secretary [graphic].

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Title: The merits and defects of the dead by their ingenious secretary [graphic].
Creator: Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created: pubd. as the act directs May 1st 1773.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from item.
Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint.
Numbered '7' in upper right of plate.
Seventh plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foote Esqr. Series title appears only on the first of twelve plates.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from My Own Epitaph by John Gay (1685-1732).
Provenance: Suckling; May 1956;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Material: etching with drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Subjects: Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

Access: Public
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