Paddy and the fire-man [graphic].

Description

Title: Paddy and the fire-man [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [16 March 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 16th March 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls.
Two lines of text below title: Fire Man -- get up my friend, get up directly, the house is on fire ...
Plate numbered '212' in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedrooms -- Firemen -- Lighting: torches -- Tools: axes -- Pets: dogs -- Male dress: night clothes.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 20 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Engravings England London 1798
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Chamber pots
Subjects: Chamber pots
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

Access: Public
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