A Jack in office [graphic]

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Title: A Jack in office [graphic]
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Published / Created: pub. Jany. 4th, 1793.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "An exciseman stands in profile to the left, his lower lip protruding grotesquely; his chest is much thrown out, right hand thrust under his coat, left arm behind his back. From his pocket protrudes an 'Excise Book'. His ink-bottle is attached to his coat; in it is a pen; another pen projects from his cocked hat. A dog (right) befouls his leg."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Temporary local subject terms: Excisemen -- Excise books -- Ink bottles.
Watermark: 1814.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.0 x 14.8 cm, on sheet 29 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Watermarks (Paper) Edmeads 1808
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Taxes
Writing materials
Dogs
Urination
Subjects: Taxes
Writing materials
Dogs
Urination
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
Edmeads > 1808

Access: Public
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