The monkey's [graphic].

Description

Title: The monkey's [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 November 1804]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Novr. 12, 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "A tall man and a short man swap insults while trying to reach the bell above a door."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
One line of caption below title: "Cannot you reach the handle of the bell; what use are such little monkey's as you?" -"Why for such great monkey's as you to wait upon."
Plate numbered '372' in the lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: J. B. 1799.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. XI.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.5 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Etchings England London 1804
Watermarks (Paper) J. B. 1799
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Doors & doorways
Dogs
Subjects: Doors & doorways
Dogs
England > 1804
England > London > 1804
J. B. > 1799

Access: Public
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