A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]

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Title: A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs 14 Feb. 1791.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Abstract: A lawyer stands in his office between two disconcerted litigants who are turned and walking away from him. As he brings a fork with an oyster on it to his mouth, he offers half of the empty oyster shell to the man on the right. A bald, worn-down looking man (left), looks down at his half of the shell, mouth agap. On the wall behind them are rolls of documents and a shelf of books; other papers are tacked on the wall above the desk. On the desk (right) is an ink well with feather pens. The center of the design at the lower edge is decorated with the musical symbols for sharps and flats
Description: Title from caption below image.
Numbered "604" in lower left corner.
Companion print: A flat between two sharps.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35.0 x 24.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Mezzotints England London 1791
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Customer relations
Desks
Inkstands
Interiors
Lawyers
Offices
Subjects: Customer relations
Desks
Inkstands
Interiors
Lawyers
Offices
England > 1791
England > London > 1791

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