The devil and the lawyer [graphic].

Description

Title: The devil and the lawyer [graphic].
Contributor: Harrison and Co. (London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: March 1, 1785.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Abstract: "Satire on corrupt lawyers; a devil with a pronged fork beckons to a lawyer in night-cap and gown, who leaps startled from his bed, upsetting a chamber-pot on the floor; a picture with the figure of justice hangs on the wall, her scales inclined to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885.
Provenance: H.W. Edwards; September 1958.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.2 x 23 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Periodical illustrations England London 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Engravings England London 1785
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1785
England > London > 1785

Access: Public
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