An exact perspective view of Dunmow, late the priory in the county of Essex with a representation of the ceremony & procession in that manor, on Thursday the 20 of June 1751 / [graphic]

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Description

Title: An exact perspective view of Dunmow, late the priory in the county of Essex with a representation of the ceremony & procession in that manor, on Thursday the 20 of June 1751 / [graphic]
Creator: Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Contributor: Ogborne, David, approximately 1700-1768, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, Janry. 1752.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Thomas Shakeshaft of Weathersfield in Weaver and his wife Ann being carried in a sedan chair, surrounded by crowds, from the door of the church at left where they have taken an oath to the peace and happiness of their marriage in return for a flitch of gammon, which is carried before them on a pole; stout butcher figure standing in the left foreground, his wig removed and mopping his brow."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
"Engraved from an original painting taken on the spot by David Ogborne."--Above imprint, at the bottom of the second column.
Four columns of description followed by the text of "The oath" below image: A custom was instituted in or about the year 1111, by Robt., son of Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Clare ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Ximenes Rare Books; August 1997;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 37.2 x 56.3 cm, on sheet 43 x 60 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 752.01.00.01++

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1752
Etchings England London 1752
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Essex.
Subject (Topic): Manners & customs
Rites & ceremonies
Subjects: Manners & customs > England > Essex
Rites & ceremonies > England > Essex
England > 1752
England > London > 1752

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 9036368
Object ID (OID): 10714496