The ball at the mansion house April XVII MDCCLXXV. The Right Honble. John Wilkes, Lord Mayor / [graphic]

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Title: The ball at the mansion house April XVII MDCCLXXV. The Right Honble. John Wilkes, Lord Mayor / [graphic]
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785, artist.
Published / Created: 1775.
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Depicts a semi-nude seated female figure holding a caduceus before whom dance three putti, while two putti in the air above approach bearing a basket and grape vine. Within an oval border of olive and oak leaves resting on a pedestal containing the text
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side.
Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: L-Suckling ; May, 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24 x 22 cm, on sheet 29 x 22 cm
Edition: [3rd state].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Tickets
Announcements
Engravings England London 1775
Etchings England London 1775
Material: etching & engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
London (England)
Subject (Name): Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic): Balls (Parties)
Caduceus
Children dancing
Cornucopias
Social life and customs
Subjects: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Balls (Parties) > England > London
Caduceus
Children dancing
Cornucopias
London (England) > Social life and customs
England > London > 1775

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