The duel Oh! what a pity twas that he did not hit his waistcoat / [graphic]

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Title: The duel Oh! what a pity twas that he did not hit his waistcoat / [graphic]
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Contributor: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, publisher.
Published / Created: May 18, 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by R. Newton, No. 13 Brydges St., Covent Garden
Abstract: Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Pitt and Tierney, 27 May 1798 -- Weapons: pistols -- Gibbets -- Allusion to the execution of the highwayman Abershaw -- Putney Heath
Description: Title from item.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted to 30 x 40 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 35 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Tierney, George, 1761-1830
Subject (Topic): Dueling
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Tierney, George, 1761-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dueling > England
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

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