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Published / Created:: publishd. as the act directs, [1781]
Call Number:: 781.06.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A Dutchman (left), smoking a short pipe, hands in his pockets, is being chucked under the chin by a gaily dressed courtesan (right), her left hand on her hip. He wears the round hat and baggy breeches of the Dutchman in caricature. Both stand full-face, each looks towards the other. The background is formed by the lower part of houses in Covent Garden showing the arcade of the Piazza, a sedan chair (right) stands under an arch. Immediately behind the two figures are vegetables and baskets."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text below image., After watercolor by Robert Dighton., Date from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; publication date erased from this impression or burnished from plate., Plate numbered '455' in lower left corner., Watermark., and Matted to 62 x 47 cm.
Publisher:: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Topic):: Pipes (Smoking), Courtesans, and Sedan chairs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An English sloop engaging a Dutch man of war [graphic].