The antiquarian mastiff [graphic]

Description

Title: The antiquarian mastiff [graphic]
Creator: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, printmaker
Published / Created: [1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Caricature bust portrait of Michael Lort, D.D. wearing a bag-wig and squinting, his pug-nose and heavy jowl bulldog-like
Description: Title from item.
Plate from: Grose, F. Rules for drawing caricaturas. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788.
Matted to 49 x 36 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 9.4 x 6.3 cm, on sheet 21 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Lort, Michael, 1725-1790
Subject (Topic): Doctors
Subjects: Lort, Michael, 1725-1790 > Caricatures and cartoons
Doctors > England
England > 1788
England > London > 1788

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