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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 June 1812]
- Call Number:
- Print00190
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy stands with folded hands, laughing, close to an elderly parson (right) of Dr. Syntax type who recoils in angry horror. Behind them is a high garden wall, with a notice: 'Man Traps laid in these Grounds'. Behind the woman (left) is a hole in the wall, through which looks the grinning head of a black servant. 'Broad Grins' is a collection of coarse comic songs by Colman, 1802, cf. British Museum Satires No. 11941."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Black joke
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Publd. June 4th, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Pregnancy, Laughing, Clergy, Garden walls, Signs (Notices), Servants, and Smiling
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Broad grins, or, A black joke [graphic]
