Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].

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Title: Swearing to the cutting monster, or, A scene in Bow Street [graphic].
Alternative Title: Scene in Bow Street
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Bohn, Henry G. 1796-1884, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 May 1790] and [printed 1851]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. May 20th, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Description: Title etched at bottom of image.
Printmaker from Briitsh Museum catalogue.
Date of printing based on that of Bohn's Suppressed plates.
Plate from: Bohn, ii, 16, Suppressed plates.
Numbered '16' in lower right corner.
Reissue, with added plate numbering. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7648.
Temporary local subject terms: Bow Street Justices -- Symbols: scales of Justice -- Wright, Sampson, fl. 1790 -- Bond, John, fl. 1790 -- Allusion to William Renwick, 'The Monster.'
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Drypoints England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching & drypoint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Addington, William, Sir, -1811
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Addington, William, Sir, -1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1790
England > London > 1790

Access: Public
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