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: [1 January 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Jany. 1, 1791, 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 submission to the Right Honorable Philip Stanhope ...
Later state with altered imprint statement and added captions in lower margins; originally published by S.W. Fores on Nov. 16, 1790.
Caption added to this later state in lower margin of first sheet: The graces, the graces.
Caption added to this later state in lower margin of fourth sheet: Remember the graces.
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.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print on 4 sheets : sheets 27 x 54 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Stipple engravings England London 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: stipple engraving with etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1791
England > London > 1791

Access: Public
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