Bloody news, bloody news, or, The fatal Putney duel [graphic].

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Title: Bloody news, bloody news, or, The fatal Putney duel [graphic].
Alternative Title: Fatal Putney duel
Creator: Ansell, Charles, 1752- printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [26 May 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 26, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent for the evening.
Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Pitt & Tierney, May 27, 1798 -- Putney Heath -- Buildings: telegraphs -- British Lion -- Weapons: pistols -- Gibbets -- Allusion to execution of Abershaw, the highwayman.
Watermark: E & C T Russell 1797.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki ; Jan. 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper) E & C T Russell 1797
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Tierney, George, 1761-1830
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Walpole, George, 1761-1830
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character).
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Tierney, George, 1761-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walpole, George, 1761-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character).
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
E & C T Russell > 1797

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