Title etched at top of image. Publication date from advertisement in The Public Advertiser, February 7, 1766. Fifteen lines of verse on a scroll within image: Tell to me, if you are vitty, whose wooden leg is in de City, eh, biene [sic] drole, 'tis de great Pity ... Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Royal Exchange -- St. Stephen's Chapel -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Temple at Stowe -- Stilts -- Medical: crutch -- Gout -- Islands: Ireland -- New York -- Caduceus -- Emblems: trumpet of Fame -- Republicans: Lord Chatham, 1766 -- Reference to Lord Chatham's pension. Watermark: countermark: royal crown with initials GR below. Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 17.4 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 18 x 23 cm
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