A lawyer sitting on the left at his desk looks over his shoulder and points with his quill pen as he gives instructions to two thuggish bailiffs who carry bundles of writs. In his hand is a form with 'Middlesex' and 'Wit' written at the upper left and...
Alternative Title:
Match for the devil
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Title from text below image.
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Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"A caricatured old man shown half-length to right, sipping from a small glass and his arms around a bottle, resting his elbows on a table, wearing tattered clothes and a hat over a scarf around his head; in an oval; after Dighton; republished state"--...
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Title from text below image.
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Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
A fat parson stands in the grounds of a country house as a footman on the right doffs his hat to him and a dog jumps on him in greeting. A fashionably dressed young woman walks on the park grounds (left) and looks coyly back towards them; behind her ...
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Title etched below image.
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Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A young woman, dressed in an ermine-edged cape, stands holding her hat against thte wind. With her right hand she is pointing to the windmill in the background
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Title from item.
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Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
In a large room, the left side being a cobbler's workshop, the right a kitchen, a cobbler sits on a bench, before an open window, his hammer in hand. Behind him, on a table are dishes and food, and to the right a woman in an apron cooks with a large f...
Alternative Title:
Cobbler's hall
Description:
Undated reissue, with publisher's name changed, of a print first published by Carington Bowles most likely in 1778. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, p. 786: Key to ... mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.
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Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
In an oval frame, a young woman with long hair and pearls around her neck, feeds a bird from a straw as she leans over a shelf. Beside her is a basket with other little birds and on the right a potted blooming plant
Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the...
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Title engraved below image.
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Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the...
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Title engraved below image.
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Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
"A fat man shown head-and-shoulders to right, sweating profusely and mopping his bald pate with a handkerchief; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved below image.
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Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
