The humane general [graphic].

Description

Title: The humane general [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 July 1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 13th July 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title etched above image.
Unverified data from local card catalog record: Date altered from 12 to 13.
Number 266 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Plate numbered "266" in lower left corner.
Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton.
Three lines of descriptive text below design: Two old soldiers sentenc'd to be shot for a breach of discipline when passing by their noble commander, they pointed to several scars on their faces & breasts ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. X.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Stipple engravings England London 1801
Etchings England London 1801
Material: etching and stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1801
England > London > 1801

Access: Public
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