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1. [Capping a proctor, or, Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An undergraduate leans from a bow window holding a rope attached to a basket containing a gaily dressed courtesan. In its descent it has knocked down the Proctor, who sits on the pavement, the woman falling on top of him. A 'bull-dog' with a constable's staff flashes a lantern on the window and on the woman; another stands just behind. An undergraduate watches from roudnd the corner of the building (right); a well-dressed couple hurry down the side street, looking back with interest."--British Museum catalogue. Proof before aquatint and before steeple added in the distance on the right
- Alternative Title:
- Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers
- Description:
- Title, printmaker and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For published state see: No. 14930 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 170, vol. 1. Church steeple added to finished plate, in back ground.
- Publisher:
- Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Prostitutes, Students, and Teachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Capping a proctor, or, Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers] [graphic].
