[Lion's head from Button's Coffee-house] [graphic].

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Title: [Lion's head from Button's Coffee-house] [graphic].
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Abstract: Lion's head; he holds in his front paws a placard with the motto: "Servantur magnis isti cervicibus ungues; non nisi delecta pascitur ille fera[m]." Text below image: "This head is now at the Shakspeare Tavern, Covent Garden, where it has been ever since Button's coffee-house was taken down, which was about fifty years ago. It was given to the then master of the tavern by the landlord of the coffee ... [text continues on verso p. 30].
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
"(29)."--Centered above image.
Page from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... 1794, vol. i, page 29.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 85 x 97 mm
Language: English

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