A flat between two sharps [graphic].

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Title: A flat between two sharps [graphic].
Creator: Hook, James, 1772?-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pud. Jany. 17th, 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: Two lawyers, wearing long gowns, stand one on each side of a gaping yokel, whose left hand is in his waistcoat pocket. They look at each other in profile behind the back of their client. They are identified in an old hand as Macdonald, Solicitor-General (left), grasping the flat by the arm, and Arden, Attorney-General (right). Each holds a rolled paper. The title is repeated in musical notation
Description: Title etched below image.
Image of a flat between two sharps etched below image in the lower right.
Lettered, in a contemporary hand: Publd. Jany 17. 1788 by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly.
Watermark: C Patch.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 356 x 247 mm, on sheet 38 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Etchings England London 1788
Watermarks (Paper) C Patch
Material: etching with drypoint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804
Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826
Subject (Topic): Customer relations
Lawyers
Subjects: Customer relations
Lawyers
Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > London > 1788
C Patch

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