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1. Sr. Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1740]
- Call Number:
- 740.00.00.45
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A "Lilliputian" couple in the costume of late 17th century walk from right to left, the verse engraved below them. The design and verse are encirled by a rococco border which incorporates objects and figures that amplify the subject verse
- Alternative Title:
- Sir Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs
- Description:
- Title from item., Later state of one of a series of etchings representing the months of the year. The month name "January" has been burnished from the top of the image, as has the text "The twelve months represented by" that was present above the remaining text "Lilliputian figures". For an earlier state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,0214.1., Date of publication based on the ca. 1840 date given in the British Museum for the earlier state of the plate., Six lines of verse below title: Dear Duck, while thus abroad we go, expos'd to chilling frost and snow ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Series title, including month designation, partially erased from this impression., Traces of an earlier imprint burnished from plate and replaced with John Bowles's publication line., and Suggested restrike date in an unverified card catalog record: ca. 1810.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold by Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwarfs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs [graphic].
