Emblems of 1760 & 1780 [graphic].

Description

Title: Emblems of 1760 & 1780 [graphic].
Alternative Title: Emblems of 1760 and 1780
Contributor: Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1780] and [approximately 1868?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the act directs, 1st Jany. 1780, by Robt. Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill and Field & Tuer
Abstract: "Droll: a fat and jolly woman representing 1760 seated facing a thin gin-sodden woman of 1780."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1988,0514.64.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Eight lines of verse below image, four on either side of title: In this poor and humble station, see an emblem of the nation ...
On leaf 56 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Provenance: Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.6 x 25 cm, on sheet 43 x 59 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title: Leaf 56. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Collection / Other Creator: Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
Collection Date: [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Mezzotints England London 1868
Restrikes
Material: mezzotint with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Women
Drinking vessels
Tables
Windows
Subjects: Women
Drinking vessels
Tables
Windows
England > 1780
England > London > 1868

Access: Public
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