The light guinea, or, The blade in the dumps [graphic].
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33182361
Description
- Title
- The light guinea, or, The blade in the dumps [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Blade in the dumps
- Contributor
- Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
- Published / Created
- published as the act directs [1774?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Abstract
-
"Satire on untrustworthy young men: a prostitute, with a powdered wig wearing a dressing gown open to reveal her chemise and petticoat, sits at a table using scales to weigh the coin offered by a well-dressed young man which is lighter than its proper weight; behind is a curtained bed."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from item.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Dated to circa 1773-1774 in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.86.
Four lines of verse below title: Dull are the times, since trade I first began, our gold was sterling then, and true each man ...
Numbered '291' in lower left of plate.
1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 36.9 x 25.7 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
Tipped in at page 239 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?]. - Provenance
- With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran. Schatzki, lot 1193; June 1961;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title
- Page 239. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Collection / Other Creator
- King, Richard, Esq.
- Collection Date
- London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Mezzotints England London 1774 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Draperies
Dandies
British
Prostitutes
Scales
Tables - Subjects
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Draperies
Dandies > British
Prostitutes
Scales
Tables
England > 1774
England > London > 1774
Raphael, Herbert H. > Ownership
Fraser, William Augustus Sir, 1826-1898 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8265700
- Object ID (OID)
- 33182361