[To] the author of a late lett[er] [to] the merch[ants] of [London] [graphic].

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Title: [To] the author of a late lett[er] [to] the merch[ants] of [London] [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773, publisher.
Published / Created: [5 November 1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act Novr. 5th, 1756, by Edwards & Darly facing Hungerford, Strand
Description: Title from item.
An engraved rhymed letter in form of rebus.
The following words within title are represented by a rebus: 'To' by a toe, 'er' in 'letter' by an ear, 'to' by a number 2, 'ants' in 'merchants' by two ants, 'London' by a panorama of a city.
Verse in rebus: [Why] let the stricken [deer] go weep / Sir don't [be] afraid of the [gallows] or [block] ...
Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London : Printed for E. Morris, [1757].
Plate numbered '33' in upper right corner.
Mounted to 21 x 25 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec.,1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.9 x 8.1 cm, on sheet 14 x 10 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Book illustrations
Rebuses
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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