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Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]

Creator:
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
March 14, 1797.
Call Number:
797.03.14.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Buckinghamshire, enormously fat, is seated in profile to the right in an open chariot which sinks through a rectangular aperture in front of the Weigh-House, its weight being too great for the apparatus for weighing wagons. She throws up her arm...
Alternative Title:
Overweight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro, Sinking fund, and Downfall of faro
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Horses, Obesity, and Street lights
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Over weight, or, The sinking fund, or, The downfall of faro [graphic]