Wet souls [graphic].

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Title: Wet souls [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [20 December 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Dec. 20, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A companion print to BMSat 7797. Three stout and elderly men sit at a small round table in a small enclosure immediately outside a house (right), and bounded by a high wall with a spiked gate. One (left) sleeps, his hat and wig on the ground beside him, the other two are smoking and are about to drink a toast, as is a man who stands (right) supported on a stick. A fifth man (left) walks off in back view."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. Admittance 1 shill.
Companion print to: Dry souls.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.9 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 21 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Publishers' advertisements
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Courtyards
Crutches
Eating & drinking
garden walls
Glassware
Outdoor furniture
Pipes (Smoking)
Toasting
Subjects: Courtyards
Crutches
Eating & drinking
garden walls
Glassware
Outdoor furniture
Pipes (Smoking)
Toasting
England > 1790
England > London > 1790

Access: Public
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