[Surry collegians giving a lift to a limb of the law] [graphic].

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Title: [Surry collegians giving a lift to a limb of the law] [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist
Contributor: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., publisher.
Published / Created: [1825]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sherwood Jones & Co.
Abstract: The many windowed buildings are on the right, the high curved and spiked wall on the left. A lawyer, who invoked proceedings for gaming offences against former cronies, is being tossed high from a vast blanket, having been lured into the prison. A group of men with racquets is on the left. College=prison. See British Museum catalogue
Description: Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826.
For published state see: No. 14952 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 1, page 410.
Provenance: With a stamp on verso: From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz, "Trail-Tree" Glencoe. Item no. 44. Marlborough Rare Books; April 2016.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.4 x 25 cm, on sheet 24.0 x 32 cm
Edition: [Proof before aquatint and lettering].
Language: English

Genre: Lawyers
Trial proofs
Satires (Visual works) England 1825
Etchings England London 1825
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Crowds
Fighting
Universities & colleges
Subjects: Crowds
Fighting
Universities & colleges
England > 1825
England > London > 1825

Access: Public
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