Longwhiskers against Longwaist for the Craven Steaks [graphic].

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Title: Longwhiskers against Longwaist for the Craven Steaks [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [June 1826]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 1826, by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Abstract: A bearded man in a riding habit with a top hat races against a dustman with a brush in his hand who rides a donkey. A crowd on the left cheer them on.
Description: Title from text above image.
Eight lines of verse below image: Since jockeying the general's now all the rage, to escape from the panic, levanters are sage ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Maggs; August 1964;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 35 cm, on sheet 28 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1826
Etchings England London 1826
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Audiences
Horse racing
Riding habits
Social classes
Subjects: Audiences
Horse racing
Riding habits
Social classes
England > 1826
England > London > 1826

Access: Public
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