The answer an hieroglyphic poetical epistle from [a lady] to [a gentleman] [graphic].

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Title: The answer an hieroglyphic poetical epistle from [a lady] to [a gentleman] [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [21 October 1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed 21st October 17[70], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Caption title; engraved rhymed letter in form of rebus.
The following words within title are represented by a rebus: "lady" by a profile of a young woman, gentleman a profile of a young man.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Lewis Walpole Library 799.10.21.05: Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits '70' supplied in contemporary manuscript.
Temporary local subject terms: Hieroglyphs -- Letters.
Restrike not before 1814; date from watermark '1814'.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.4 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 36 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Rebuses
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1814
Watermarks (Paper) 1814
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1770
England > London > 1814
1814

Access: Public
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