Attorney in General to the parish the Scarlet gentleman / [graphic]

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Title: Attorney in General to the parish the Scarlet gentleman / [graphic]
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [12 June 1829]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pub. June 12 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures - none are original with T. McLeans name
Abstract: "Scarlett, in wig and gown, stands in profile to the left, his right forefinger knowingly before his face, his eye a mere slit. His gown is looped over his left arm and he holds a bulky (blue) brief-bag. Above: '"To suck, to suck, the very blood to suck!' ['Henry V', II. iii]. (He is identified with the horse-leech, symbol of the traditional rapacity of the lawyer.)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title etched above image.
Paul Pry is the pseudonym of William Heath.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; October 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.7 x 26 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English