The golden pippin [graphic].

Description

Title: The golden pippin [graphic].
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 February 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 9th Feby. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Abstract: "Head of an old woman in profile to the left, tilted upwards. She wears a cap which conceals her hair. ... She is evidently the Betty of the famous fruit shop in St. James's Street, the 'patriot Betty' of Mason's 'Heroic Epistle', 1773. 'Betty's' was a fashionable 'lounge' and centre of gossip, often mentioned by H. Walpole and others. She was Elizabeth Munro or Neale, 1730-97, called 'the Queen of apple-women' by the 'Gentleman's Magazine' (obituary)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Identified in an unknown contemporary hand as "Mrs. Eliz. Neale" on plate below the title and "Who kept a noted fruit shop in St. James's Street" added below on the mounting sheet.
Mounted to 15 x 10 cm.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 10 x 8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Caricatures England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Neale, Elizabeth, 1730-1797
Subject (Topic): Hats
Subjects: Neale, Elizabeth, 1730-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hats
England > 1782
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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