Melchisedec Bristle [graphic]

Description

Title: Melchisedec Bristle [graphic]
Contributor: Maxwell, J. G.
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 September 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 1st Sept. 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Caption title engraved below image.
Engraved throughout.
Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton.
Song in five stanzas, printed below title. The first stanza printed with music, the following four without music in two columns below.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Methodists -- Furnishings: wig-stands -- Furniture: round-back chair.
Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.5 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 41 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Engravings England London 1798
Songs 1798
Watermarks (Paper) G R.
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Barbers
Barbershops
Dressing & grooming equipment
Hats
Interiors
Preachers
Wigs
Subjects: Barbers
Barbershops
Dressing & grooming equipment
Hats
Interiors
Preachers
Wigs
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
1798
G R.

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