A lawyer and his agent [graphic]

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Title: A lawyer and his agent [graphic]
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Published / Created: pub. Jany. 27, 1793.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A lawyer (half length) is seated in an arm-chair holding a legal document headed 'Middlesex to Wit'. Before him on a table is a bundle of papers. He holds a pen in his mouth, his head is turned to the right and in profile, meditating with a fixed and sinister stare. Behind his shoulder is the Devil (left), who stretches his arm behind the lawyer's back, holding his right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Day of publication in imprint may be "21" instead of "27"; see British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Middlesex.
Extent: 1 print : circular image 14.9 cm in diameter, plate mark 24.3 x 20.8 cm, on sheet 36 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Stipple engravings England London 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Watermarks (Paper) Edmeads 1808
Material: etching and stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Devil
Lawyers
Subjects: Devil
Lawyers
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
Edmeads > 1808

Access: Public
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