Swearing at Highgate [graphic].

Description

Title: Swearing at Highgate [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 September 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 12th Sepr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Cruikshank by George.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Plate numbered '171' in lower left corner.
Three lines of text below image: Pray Sir lay your hand on this book ... .
Temporary local subject terms: Lawyers: justices -- Food: bacon -- Civil uniforms: epaulettes with aglets -- Male dress: aglets -- Customs: claiming the flitch of bacon.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.2 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 25 x 31 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Engravings England London 1796
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1796
England > London > 1796

Access: Public
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