A collection of 69 prints, mostly mezzotints issued Carington Bowles and those reissued by Bowles and Carver, as well as some prints issued by Robert Sayers. Also tipped in are a collection of the illustrations from the 4th edition of Thomas Bridges' A burlesque translation of Homer (London, 1797).
Alternative Title:
Facetious
Description:
Title from title page in mss., Bound in red morocco with marble boards with spine title: Facetious., Title page handwritten in mss with collection spelled "colletion"., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
"An ugly woman shown half-length to left, a scarf wrapped over one eye and the other ear and tied under her chin, one arm around a tankard, holding up the other hand with thumb and forefinger pinched together; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numbered "375" in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 20 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and Sheet trimmed with loss of number "375".
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
