Genuine orthography, or, Candidates for public favour [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Genuine orthography, or, Candidates for public favour [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Candidates for public favour
- Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [29 May 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. May 29, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
Four images on one plate. Each represents a different trade or profession that is advertised in highly accented English by its representative, beginnig on top left with a schoolmaster, entitled, Iddicatshun: I Luke Lojick larns younge gintlemen to rade, rite and spale ackhording to the moste haproved greymares ... To the right is an image of a grave-digger, entitled, Hackhommydashun: Plese to tak notise I Paule Dismall, saxton and grieve-dagger, hundertaks to birry people ... Below on the left is an image of an aged quack, entitled, Fleabottomi: I the reale Doctor Bolus from Kork, aving studid fleabottomi, undertaks to opan vanes with hease and safty ... In the fourth image, entitled, Consort and bawl, an actor and singer advertises a benefit performance: For the binnifitt of Mister Milody, at the Toune All, will be given a consort and bawl, among hother hairs, duhets, trihos and koruses ...
- Description
-
Title from item.
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Grammar -- Orthography -- Schoolmaster -- Sextons -- Quacks -- Singers -- Quills -- Graves -- Tombstones -- Spades -- Scalpels.
Imperfect copy. Sheet trimmed to 22.2 x 30.6 cm, with loss of top half of print. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 43.5 x 32.3 cm, on sheet 47 x 34 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Print00054
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Booksellers' stamps (Provenance) S. W. Fores - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Phlebotomy
Gravedigging - Subjects
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Phlebotomy
Gravedigging
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
J Whatman
S. W. Fores
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
- 8165453
- Object ID (OID)
- 17338522