Leaf 28. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lunardi, slim and handsome, walks diagonally towards the spectator from the right, supported on a staff, his left hand held out as if begging. On his back is his collapsed balloon, a large bundle from which project a net and two oars or propellers. H...
Alternative Title:
Itinerant aeronaut
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Restrike, with printing plate cut down on bottom edge removing imprint. For original issue with the imprint "Pubd. 5 Sepr. 1785 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street", see no. 6858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. and Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806
