Quarrelsome taylors, or, Two of a trade seldom agree [graphic]

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Title
Quarrelsome taylors, or, Two of a trade seldom agree [graphic]
Alternative Title
Quarrelsome tailors
Two of a trade seldom agree
Contributor
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles & Carver, publisher.
Published / Created
published 2 Jan. 1795.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Abstract

"A ragged 'botching tailor' is climbing out of his bulk or stall (right) to attack with his goose a tailor who hastens from him, turning to snip his shears contemptuously. Above the penthouse stall is a placard, 'Simon Snip - maks & mendes Mens & Buoys reddy mad Close. N.B. nete Gallows for Breaches.' A garment and a pair of braces hang on a line; within a window is a sheet of patterns. The other, who is neatly dressed, carries a coat under his arm; a book of patterns protrudes from his coat pocket. A street receding in perspective (right) and the façade of a dignified house (left) form a background."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved below image.
Variant state, with publication date etched in lower right corner of plate. For state lacking publication date, see no. 8595 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Numbered '644' in lower left of plate.
No. 48 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Provenance
From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 38.6 x 27.5 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 C697 770

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Mezzotints England London 1795
Material
mezzotint with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Sewing equipment & supplies
Signs (Notices)
Tailor shops
Tailors
Subjects
Sewing equipment & supplies
Signs (Notices)
Tailor shops
Tailors
England > 1795
England > London > 1795

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11682636
Object ID (OID)
16192364

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