Self introduction & declaration [graphic]

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Title: Self introduction & declaration [graphic]
Alternative Title: Self introduction and declaration
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773?-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: [29 June 1823]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. June 29, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Abstract: "A night scene, with a full moon, outside the corner house of a London square, an equestrian statue among trees in the background. A young officer in dandified uniform kneels on the cobbled roadway, shouting up to the house Fire! Fire! Fire! A lady, in nightgown and cap, looks from a first-floor window, crying, Where! Where! Where! He answers, right hand on his heart: Here! Here! Here!!! The words are below the title"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Three lines of underlined dialogue below title: Fire! Fire! Fire! Where! Where! Where! Here! Here! Here!!!
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.1 x 14 cm, on sheet 21.0 x 16 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1823
Etchings England London 1823
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Topic): Courtship
Row houses
Dandies
British
Soldiers
Subjects: Courtship
Row houses > England > London
Dandies > British
Soldiers > British
England > 1823
England > London > 1823

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