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- Published / Created:
- [5 June 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.06.05.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A tall, stout fish-wife has seized a fashionably dressed man round the waist and lifted him up; his hat and tasselled cane have fallen to the ground. She is neatly dressed, with a flat hat tied over her cap, a checked apron, clocked stockings, and buckled shoes, but she wears a soldier's coat over her dress. There are three spectators: a woman (right) in profile to the left, gapes with astonishment; a neatly dressed man wearing an apron standing behind a fish-stall looks on with quiet amusement; an apple-woman sits (left) grinning, arms akimbo. Beside her is a large basket heaped with a pyramid of fruit. A fish-stall and a basket have been overturned (right) and the contents lie on the ground. In the background is Billingsgate Dock, with masts and rigging; on the right is one of the market buildings, inscribed 'BILLINGSGATE'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Cornish hugg
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Variant with title and verses. Cf. No. 5932 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 5th 1781 by Wm. Wells no. 132 (opposite Salisbury Court,) Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Topic):
- Hugging, Dandies, British, Fishmongers, Piers & wharves, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Cornish hug [graphic]