The tailors war! being a new system of cutting in the trade! / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The tailors war! being a new system of cutting in the trade! / [graphic]
- Creator
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1832?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Two groups of tailors battle each other. The group on the left, fighting under the "Journeymen Tailors Union for a fair renumeration of labour" banner, charge forward riding geese and using scissors as weapons; additional members fire bows and arrows from towers. The group on the right, fighting under the "Union of Master Tailors for a coninuance of tyranny low wages & profits 100 percent" banner, are well dressed and hang back in a defensive position; they use firearms, swords, and a shield bearing a pound sign ("£") as weapons
- Description
-
Title from text below image.
Signed in lower left corner with the initials of Charles Jameson Grant.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Text following title: When snip meets snip then comes the tug of war!
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxii.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 19.8 x 28 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 832.00.00.42
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1832
Lithographs England London 1832 - Material
- lithograph ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Tailors
Labor unions
Fighting
Geese
Scissors & shears
Bows (Weapons)
Arrows
Firearms
Shields
Daggers & swords - Subjects
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Tailors
Labor unions
Fighting
Geese
Scissors & shears
Bows (Weapons)
Arrows
Firearms
Shields
Daggers & swords
England > 1832
England > London > 1832
Maidment, Brian > Donor
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9804166
- Object ID (OID)
- 10971312