The quality ladder [graphic].

Description

Title: The quality ladder [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [20 April 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. April 20, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
Description: Title from item.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and advertisement. Missing text supplied from the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be seen a correct model of the guillotine 6 feet high, the head and hand of Count Strewenzee & the compleatest collection of caracatures [sic] in Europe, to which has been recently added several hundred old & new subjects, admittance one shilling.
Temporary local subject terms: Ducal coronets -- Female costume, 1793 -- Duchesses -- Marchionesses -- Countesses -- Viscountesses -- Baronesses -- Wives of baronets.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; June 1962;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 49.6 x 28.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Publishers' advertisements England London 1793
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Crowns
Nobility
Peerage
Women
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Crowns
Nobility > Great Britain > 18th century
Peerage > Great Britain > 18th century
Women
England > 1793
England > London > 1793

Access: Public
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