"A man stands looking to the left, (gloved) right hand on his cane, left arm akimbo, legs apart. He wears wide-brimmed hat, double-breasted coat, knee-breeches, high-quartered buckled shoes, and elaborate neck-cloth with kilted jabot and sleeve-ruffle. He is Mr. Hall of the Swan Brewery."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Hall., Leaf 34 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.4 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
"A man stands looking to the left, (gloved) right hand on his cane, left arm akimbo, legs apart. He wears wide-brimmed hat, double-breasted coat, knee-breeches, high-quartered buckled shoes, and elaborate neck-cloth with kilted jabot and sleeve-ruffle. He is Mr. Hall of the Swan Brewery."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Hall.
"Satire on the proposed introduction of a tax on beer showing members of the public in front of a large brewery: a brewer promises not to raise his prices thus pleasing a coachman, a soldier laments his daily pay of only 5d., a porter with a knot on his shoulder complains, a hackney coachman says he will drink good porter, two gentleman feel that the cost would be borne by the poor and so is likely to be altered, two old women think that the price of gin should be lowered if that of beer is to be raised; on a hill in the background three asses with human heads represent brewers, including Sir William Calvert, are only interested in their own promotion; a drayman hauls a barrel on a sled."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Brewers charity to the public
Description:
Title etched above image., Later state, by a different publisher and without date, of no. 3805 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Date of publication based on that of earlier state., Imprint from 1st state partially burnished from plate., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Breweries., and Watermark and countermark: royal cipher.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by C. Dicey & Co. in Aldermary Church Yard, London
