Chesterfield's principles of politeness [graphic]

Description

Title: Chesterfield's principles of politeness [graphic]
Creator: Collings, Samuel, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [16 November 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Novr. 16, 1790, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Description: Title engraved below images on second and third sheets.
Text below title: This plate, from an original drawing by Samuel Collings Esq., is dedicated with permission to the Right Honorable Philip Stanhope ...
Thirteen designs on four plates, each individually captioned.
Sheets trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Mockery of etiquette -- Carving knife and fork -- Fiddle -- Cello -- French horn.
Sheets mounted on a secondary support, rolled and stored in a box.
Provenance: Suckling; February 1960;
Extent: 1 print on 4 sheets : sheets 27.0 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Stipple engravings England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: stipple engraving with etching, hand-colored ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.
Subject (Topic): Board games
Clothing & dress
Clocks & watches
Cooking utensils
Military uniforms
British
Musical instruments
Playing cards
Subjects: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Board games
Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Clocks & watches
Cooking utensils
Military uniforms > British
Musical instruments
Playing cards
England > 1790
England > London > 1790

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