A night scene at Ranelagh on Wednesday 6th of May 1752 [graphic]

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Title: A night scene at Ranelagh on Wednesday 6th of May 1752 [graphic]
Contributor: Carpenter, Henry, publisher.
Published / Created: May 29 [1752]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to the act by H. Carpenter
Abstract: Satire on the assault by Mountefort Brown on Dr Hill
Description: Title etched above image.
Printed on one sheet with Le malade imaginaire, or, The consultation.
'Price 6d'--Following imprint.
One line of text below title: Thus I bore my point; six rogues in buckram let drive at me.
Three lines of quotation from Henry IV, Part I, below image: I am a rogue if I were not at half sword with a dozen of them two hours together ...
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: entrance to the Rotunda at Ranelagh -- Lighting: street lamps -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 -- Mountefort Brown, fl. 1752 -- Mr. Cole, Master of the Ceremonies at Ranelagh -- Constables.
Provenance: Gift of R.W. Ketton-Cremer; May 1962;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.3 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 49 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1752
Engravings England London 1752
Etchings England London 1752
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Subjects: Hill, John, 1714?-1775 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1752
England > London > 1752

Access: Public
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