A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].

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Title: A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1781.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: "A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Artist from British Museum catalogue.
Numbered '465' in lower left corner.
No. 21 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. Mounted to 38.6 x 27.5 cm.
Provenance: From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35.2 x 25.1 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1781
Mezzotints England London 1781
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic): Jews
Prisoners
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Jews
Prisoners
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1781
England > London > 1781

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