A flat between two sharps [graphic].
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16192708
Description
- Title
- A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Contributor
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Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher. - Published / Created
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Abstract
-
A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description
-
Title from text below image.
Design attributed to Dighton.
Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it.
Companion print to: A sharp between two flats.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Numbered '605' in lower left corner.
Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
No. 43 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 : sheet 34.8 x 24.9 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 C697 770
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Mezzotints England London 1791 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic)
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Clocks & watches
Clothing & dress
Customer relations
Lawyers - Subjects
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Westminster Hall (London, England)
Clocks & watches
Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Customer relations
Lawyers
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7767399
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192708
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