A peep below stairs a dream. [graphic]

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Title: A peep below stairs a dream. [graphic]
Published / Created: June 8, 1784.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Hell -- Demons -- Pitchforks -- Horses -- Gallows -- Bellows -- Allusion to Samuel Foote's Minor -- Allusion to Fox-North Coalition -- Gambling: Dice-box -- Music sheets: Catches, cannons and glees.
Watermark in center of sheet: J. Whatman.
Mounted to 34 x 42 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Savile, Christopher, ca. 1739-1819
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Savile, Christopher, ca. 1739-1819 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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