The modern Hannibals, or, Petty coat valour [graphic]

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Title: The modern Hannibals, or, Petty coat valour [graphic]
Alternative Title: Petty coat valour
Petticoat valor
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [29 March 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 29, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the completest collection of caricature prints & drawings in the Kingdom. Admite. 1 s. Just pubd Chesterfields Principles of Politeness in the stile [sic] of Mr. Bunbury. In a few days will be pubd. Frailties of Fashion.
Temporary local subject terms: Military: officers -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms -- Guns: pistols -- Highway robbery -- Cowardice -- Environs of London -- Literature: allusion to Chesterfield's Letters To His Son, "Principles of Politeness" -- Allusion to Henry Bunbury, 1750-1811.
Watermark: J Whatman.
Provenance: Maggs ; Aug. 1964 ; Minto Wilson Collection.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Publishers' advertisements
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Wilson, Minto > Ownership

Access: Public
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