The old dogs legacy [graphic].

Description

Title: The old dogs legacy [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 February 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 1st Feby. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Three lines of text below title: Vicar. How could you be so profane as to inter your dog in the church yard. You are liable to be punished in the spiritual court ...
Plate numbered '239' in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: vicarage -- Clergy: vicar -- Fireplaces -- Farmers -- Pets: hound -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of a horse -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of the church -- Furniture: writing desk -- Clerks -- Furnishings: carpet.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 25 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Stipple engravings England London 1800
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1800
England > London > 1800

Access: Public
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