<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Punch, or, A collection of droll figures. [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>[1765?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>In the upper image, a dwarf hunchback in a costume resembling Spanish military uniform of the 16th century walks to the right, holding in his right hand a banner on which is engraved the title of the series. He is looking back over his shoulder at another figure in a similar period costume, who follows him while beating a large drum.  In the lower image, two similarly dressed dwarf hunchbacks face each other in a posture suggesting readiness for a fight. The figure in the foreground holds his pike at the ready, while his companion in the background rests his on left shoulder</dc:description><dc:description>Title from item.</dc:description><dc:description>Two images etched on one plate. Title from top image.</dc:description><dc:description>Title page and 1st plate from a series of plates showing a variety of social interactions between two or more hunchbacks, most of whom are also dwarfs. Other plates in the series are numbered but not titled.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.</dc:description><dc:description>Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>