The corporation's visit to their brother in Smithfield, or, The hog's feast on being sworn-in [graphic]

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Title: The corporation's visit to their brother in Smithfield, or, The hog's feast on being sworn-in [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hog's feast on being sworn-in
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [8 March 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. March 8, 1790, by S.W. Fores at his museum, N. 3 Piccadilly
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher's advertisement following the imprint: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admit. 1 s.
Below the title, eight numbered lines of rhymed comments, with each number corresponding to that of a character in the image. Four lines of verse sung by the "General Chorus" printed at the top center of image.
Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: livery gowns -- Beefeaters -- Footmen -- Aldermen: Windsor aldermen -- Corporation of Windsor -- Smithfield -- Hog's head -- Literature: allusion to children's rhymes, Humpty Dumpty.
Watermark: armorial shield with fleur-de-lis.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; February 1964;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 35 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Engravings England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bowls (Tableware)
Butchers
Canopies
Chairs
Drinking vessels
Eyeglasses
Servants
Wigs
Subjects: Bowls (Tableware)
Butchers
Canopies
Chairs
Drinking vessels
Eyeglasses
Servants
Wigs
England > 1790
England > London > 1790

Access: Public
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