Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., One line of text below image: A man of honour and a gentleman. Harley., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), p. 522., and Temporary local subject terms: Offices: Recorder of London -- Buildings: Guildhall -- Quotation from speech by Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London -- Reference to Serjeant John Glynn -- Reference to John Wilkes.
"Satire on the Coterie, a society of ladies and gentlemen, presumably the one about which Horace Walpole wrote to George Montague on 6 May 1770. People are gambling for high stakes ("Mortgage", "£50,000", a jewelled necklace), cheating at cards, flirting, drinking, kissing; a lady holds up a miniature of her husband while embracing anothe rman who makes the sign of the cuckold behind the portrait; a couple are heading up a staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., One line of text below image: Well, this is certainly one of the most useful institutions! Lame lover., Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), page 495., Temporary local subject terms: Gambling: card game -- Lighting: wall sconces -- Allusions to adultery -- Literature: The lame lover by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777., and Window mounted to 14 x 20 cm.
