Long faces at Smithfield. Peace, long faces at the Corn-Exchange [graphic]

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Title: Long faces at Smithfield. Peace, long faces at the Corn-Exchange [graphic]
Creator: Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, publisher.
Published / Created: [1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn
Abstract: British merchants and farmers congrete in two groups weeping and sad-faced, bemoan the loss of the high profits that they enjoyed for their domestic produce during the Revolutionary Wars
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication based on reference to the Treaty of Amiens of 1802.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis.
Provenance: Justin Croft; September 2020.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1802
Etchings England London 1802
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic): Economic conditions
Prices
Farmers
Merchants
Subjects: Treaty of Amiens (1802 March 25)
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1760-1860
Prices > Great Britain
Farmers
Merchants
England > 1802
England > London > 1802