The volito, or, Summer and winter skait for amusement in cold weather without ice, and is equally usefull on stones, boards, &c. ... [graphic]

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Description

Title
The volito, or, Summer and winter skait for amusement in cold weather without ice, and is equally usefull on stones, boards, &c. ... [graphic]
Alternative Title
Summer and winter skait
Summer and winter skate
Published / Created
[1823]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

Three smartly-dressed man demonstrate the allure of roller-skating. The one in the lead calls back to an officer who attempts in vain to deliver a warrant

Description
Title from caption below image.
Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Several lines of verse below and next to title: Three children skaiting on the ice, upon a winters day, as it fell out they all fell in, alack what dire dismay ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: 1819.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvii, p. 88.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 26.0 x 38.0 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
823.00.00.02+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1823
Etchings England London 1823
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Law enforcement
Roller skating
Subjects
Law enforcement
Roller skating
England > 1823
England > London > 1823

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9314679
Object ID (OID)
10969236

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