Laugh & grow fat [graphic].

Description

Title: Laugh & grow fat [graphic].
Alternative Title: Laugh and grow fat
Creator: Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created: published as [the] act directs, November, 1778.
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A man beats another man with a walking stick to the amusement of bystanders, who include a fishwife, a milkmaid, a chimney-sweep's boy, etc. A lengthy inscription in a scroll in the upper left corner begins: "Ha ha ha I can't help laughing ..."
Description: Title from item.
Trimmed within plate mark.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Engravings England London 1778
Etchings England London 1778
Satires (Visual works) England 1778
Material: etching & engraving ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Fighting
Crowds
Chimney sweeps
Milkmen & milkwomen
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Fighting
Crowds
Chimney sweeps
Milkmen & milkwomen
England > London > 1778
England > 1778

Access: Public
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