A real character P-o [graphic].

Description

Title: A real character P-o [graphic].
Contributor: Lockington, John, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 May 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs, May 14, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square
Abstract: A gentleman, knock-kneed and bespectacled, stands near a table in a print shop or auction gallery. He wears a sword and holds an auction catalog of prints. Possibly a caricature of James Christie, auctioneer
Description: Title etched below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
With offsetting from another print.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.7 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 23 x 17 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures
Etchings England 1777
Engravings England 1777
Material: etching and engraving ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Christie, Mr. 1730-1803. (James),
Subject (Topic): Auctioneers
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803
Auctioneers > England > 18th century
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
England > 1777

Access: Public
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