The light guinea, or, The blade in the dumps [graphic].

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: 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?].