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1. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- 791.02.14.02.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 34 x 25 cm, mounted to 35 x 26 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of imprint and plate number., and Music notes below image removed.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
2. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hook, James, 1772?-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.01.17.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two lawyers, wearing long gowns, stand one on each side of a gaping yokel, whose left hand is in his waistcoat pocket. They look at each other in profile behind the back of their client. They are identified in an old hand as Macdonald, Solicitor-General (left), grasping the flat by the arm, and Arden, Attorney-General (right). Each holds a rolled paper. The title is repeated in musical notation
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Image of a flat between two sharps etched below image in the lower right., Lettered, in a contemporary hand: Publd. Jany 17. 1788 by S. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly., and Watermark: C Patch.
- Publisher:
- Pud. Jany. 17th, 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804 and Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826
- Subject (Topic):
- Customer relations and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
3. A flat between two sharps [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A simple-looking countryman scratches his head as he stands between a solicitor and a barrister in front of Westminster Hall; the solicitor, on the left, taps his nose and grins towards the viewer. The barrister with a watch and chain with fobs hanging from his vest holds four documents tied with string in his left hand. Two barristers are seen entering Westminster Hall in the distance (left). In the center of the design, lower edge, the title is represented by musical notations for sharps and flats -- a flat between two sharps
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Design attributed to Dighton., Verse below title: Law is like a fashion, folks are bewitched to get into it. It is also like bad weather, most people are very glad when they get out of it., Companion print to: A sharp between two flats., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered '605' in lower left corner., Later issue of No. 3763 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., No. 43 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Hall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Clothing & dress, Customer relations, and Lawyers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A flat between two sharps [graphic].
4. A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 14 Feb. 1791.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lawyer stands in his office between two disconcerted litigants who are turned and walking away from him. As he brings a fork with an oyster on it to his mouth, he offers half of the empty oyster shell to the man on the right. A bald, worn-down looking man (left), looks down at his half of the shell, mouth agap. On the wall behind them are rolls of documents and a shelf of books; other papers are tacked on the wall above the desk. On the desk (right) is an ink well with feather pens. The center of the design at the lower edge is decorated with the musical symbols for sharps and flats
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Numbered "604" in lower left corner., Companion print: A flat between two sharps., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 42 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Customer relations, Desks, Inkstands, Interiors, Lawyers, and Offices
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A sharp between two flats a pearly shell for him and thee, the oyster is the lawyer's fee. [graphic]
5. Business-- and the compliments of the season [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1830?]
- Call Number:
- Print01386
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date from copy in Wellcome Collection., Place of publication derived from language of text., Sheet trimmed with loss of inscription., Below title in untrimmed copy: No. 2 of Broad Hints ; United., In ink, margin lower right: 1836., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Undertakers and undertaking, Customer relations, Sick persons, Medicines, Guests, Bedrooms, and Undertakers
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Business-- and the compliments of the season [graphic].
