A droll thought of Tom the school boy, or Two heads are better than one [graphic].

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Title: A droll thought of Tom the school boy, or Two heads are better than one [graphic].
Alternative Title: Two heads are better than one
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: 10 Septr., 1787.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Abstract: A smiling school master in a wig applies the switch to a boy whose rear has a painted face on it. The boy being switched is lifted onto the back of another boy. On the left, two boys holding open books look on, one snickering behind his hand. The classroom includes a map on the wall and a shelf with books and quill pens in ink stands
Description: Title engraved below image.
Number '136' appears in lower left corner of plate.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.1 x 12 cm, on sheet 20 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1787
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Boys
Child discipline
Classrooms
Students
Teachers
Subjects: Boys
Child discipline
Classrooms
Students
Teachers
England > London > 1787

Access: Public
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