Bunters Hill, or, May day [graphic].

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Title: Bunters Hill, or, May day [graphic].
Alternative Title: May day
Contributor: Lockington, John, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1776]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. according to act of Parlt. May 1, 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane
Abstract: A woman facing right under an enormous coiffure. Within her hair several scenes illustrate London low-life on May Day, including pigs, a horse-drawn cart, street-vendors, chimney-sweeps, and a Jack-in-the-green
Description: Title from item.
Place of publication from publisher's entry in Maxted's The London book trades.
Probably a parody of British Museum catalogue no. 5330: Bunkers Hill.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11.7 x 17 cm, on sheet 13 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Political cartoons England 1776
Satires (Visual works) England 1776
Etchings England 1776
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
Great Britain
United States
America.
England
Subject (Topic): Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
May Day (Labor holiday)
Social life and customs
Politics and government
History
Colonies
Wigs
Hairstyles
Chimney sweeps
Subjects: Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
May Day (Labor holiday)
London (England) > Social life and customs
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1820
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
Great Britain > Colonies > America
Wigs
Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Chimney sweeps
England > 1776

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