The modern Atlas, or, Man of the world

Description

Title: The modern Atlas, or, Man of the world
Alternative Title: Man of the world
Creator: Hook, James, 1772?-1828, artist
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: Jany. 20, 1787.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by S.W. Fores No.3 Piccadilly
Description: Attributed to Hook. See British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Globe -- Mythology: Atlas -- Musical instruments: Newsboy's horn -- Allusion to newspaper: The world or Fashionable intelligencer, started Jan. 1, 1787 by Edward Topham -- The Tip-top Adjutant.
Watermark in center of sheet.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; Oct. 1959 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 24 cm, on sheet 36.8 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Topham, Edward, 1751-1820
Subjects: Topham, Edward, 1751-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1787
England > London > 1787

Access: Public
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