The drunkard's arms [graphic].

Description

Title: The drunkard's arms [graphic].
Alternative Title: One more and then
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: A coat of arms with the dexter supporter as a drunken gentleman leans on the shield, a decanter marked 'claret' in his left hand and in his right, an overflowing wine glass. The sinister supporter is a drunken lady in a torn dress, leaning on the shield, a tankard of 'gin' in her right hand and an overflowing wine glass in her raised left hand. The shield is quartered with symbols of alchol and tobacco. The crest is an infant Bacchus astride a barrel, pouring wine from a flagon into a goblet
Description: Title etched below image.
Title within image, on banner: One more and then.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Bacchus.
Mounted to 36 x 49 cm.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 31 x 44 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 175
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dionysus
Coats of arms
Intoxication
Subjects: Dionysus (Greek deity)
Coats of arms
Intoxication
England > 175
England > London > 1785

Access: Public
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