The light guinea, or, The blade in the dumps [graphic].

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Title: The light guinea, or, The blade in the dumps [graphic].
Alternative Title: Blade in the dumps
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs [1774?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: "Satire on untrustworthy young men: a prostitute, with a powdered wig wearing a dressing gown open to reveal her chemise and petticoat, sits at a table using scales to weigh the coin offered by a well-dressed young man which is lighter than its proper weight; behind is a curtained bed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Dated to circa 1773-1774 in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.86.
Four lines of verse below title: Dull are the times, since trade I first began, our gold was sterling then, and true each man ...
Numbered '291' in lower left of plate.
Provenance: Suckling ; May 1957.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 774.02.02.02+
Collection Title: Page 239. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Collection / Other Creator: King, Richard, Esq.
Collection Date: London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Mezzotints England London 1774
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Draperies
Dandies
British
Prostitutes
Scales
Tables
Subjects: Draperies
Dandies > British
Prostitutes
Scales
Tables
England > 1774
England > London > 1774
Raphael, Herbert H. > Ownership
Fraser, William Augustus Sir, 1826-1898 > Ownership

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