To be seen alive, alive o [graphic].

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Title: To be seen alive, alive o [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 September 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 4th Sepr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title etched below image.
Three lines of text below title: Wild beasts of both sexes, here ladies & gemmen, Is the Royal tiger from Bengal, as tame as a lamb, will suffer you to put your head in his mouth, but not take it out again. Also the silver bear form Siberia. And the finest he lion in Europe, he is a remarkable beast, Eats his dinner with a spoom, like hasty pudding, and speaks Greek to a charm. Walk in. Walk in, Ladies & Gemmen.
Plate numbered '159' in lower left corner.
One of a series of Drolls.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject headings: Animal cruelty -- Fear.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Animal shows
Bears
Lions
Monkeys
Spectators
Subjects: Animal shows
Bears
Lions
Monkeys
Spectators
England > 1795
England > London > 1795

Access: Public
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