Shop-lifter detected : from an original picture painted by Mr. John Collett

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Title: Shop-lifter detected : from an original picture painted by Mr. John Collett
Alternative Title: Shoplifter detected
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Collet, John, 1725?-1780, artist.
Published / Created: Augst. 10, 1787.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Abstract: A young woman is seized by constables and shopkeepers and the items that she has stolen confiscated by her apprehenders
Description: Number '89' in lower left corner of plate.
Title from item.
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Mercury.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; Oct. 1959 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1787
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
England.
Subject (Topic): Shoplifting
Millinery
Police
Subjects: Shoplifting > England > 1787
Millinery > England > 1787
Police > England
England > London > 1787

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.