A Perry-lous situation or, the doctor and his friends keeping the bumbrusher and her myrmidons at bay. [graphic]

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Title: A Perry-lous situation or, the doctor and his friends keeping the bumbrusher and her myrmidons at bay. [graphic]
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: [17 April 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd: April 17. 1791. by W. Holland No. 50. Oxford St.
Description: Title etched below image.
Place of publication and date from item.
Below title: In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe, Admittance one Shilling.
From the British Museum catalogue: Richard Perry, a surgeon and apothecary of Bristol, eloped (to Gretna Green) with Clementina Clarke, an heiress of fifteen. On 4 April the Bow Street magistrates advertised £1,000 reward for securing Miss Clarke and returning her to Bow Street or to Miss Selina Mills, the governess at Bristol, Perry (who was passing as Captain Inglefield) and his confederates (his apprentice Salmon and Elizabeth Baker) to be apprehended for felony. 'Lond. Chronicle', 24 March, 8 April, &c.
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Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life; Apothecaries; Surgeons; Anecdotes.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.0 x 41.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works)
Etchings
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Elopement
Abduction
Physicians
Couples
Firearms
Crimes
Judges
Subjects: Elopement
Abduction
Physicians
Couples
Firearms
Crimes
Judges

Access: Public
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