Gave his codshead a heavy shake then kick'd the lesser Ajax wake [graphic].

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Title: Gave his codshead a heavy shake then kick'd the lesser Ajax wake [graphic].
Contributor: Bridges, Thomas, active 1759-1775.
Published / Created: [1797?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: Bridges, T. A burlesque translation of Homer. London, 1797?
Manuscript annotation citing illustration as being from book x, page 121 in unidentified edition.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
No. 60 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 12.4 x 8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1797
England > London > 1797

Access: Public
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