An hieroglyphic answer [to] the [sailor]'s [letter] [graphic].

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Title: An hieroglyphic answer [to] the [sailor]'s [letter] [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [21 October 1776]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed 21st October 17[...], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: A rhymed rebus purporting to be a reply to a sailor's letter from his girl, describing her fears for him upon hearing of a storm at sea, her joy at getting his letter, and her promise to remain true to him despite having other suitors
Description: Title from item.
A letter in the form of rebus.
The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'to' by a toe, 'sailor' by a figure of a sailor, 'letter' by an envelope.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publication date partially erased from this impression and the last two digits, i.e., '76,' supplied in contemporary manuscript.
Watermark: 1814.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iii.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 36 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) 1814
Rebuses
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Hieroglyphics
Love letters
Military uniforms
Subjects: Hieroglyphics
Love letters
Military uniforms
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
1814

Access: Public
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