The specious orator [graphic]

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Title: The specious orator [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, publisher.
Published / Created: March 25, 1794.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by R. Dighton
Abstract: "A half length portrait of Christie standing in his auctioneer's rostrum, the upper part of which forms the base of the design. He leans insinuatingly to the left, his head in profile, spectacles on his forehead, his hammer delicately raised."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Three lines of text below title: Will your ladyship do me the honor to say £50-000 - a mere trifle - a brilliant of the first water, an unheard of price for such a lot, surely.
Temporary local subject terms: Auctioneers' hammers.
Provenance: Suckling ; Nov. 1958.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 14.8 cm, on sheet 35 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Christie, Mr. 1730-1803 (James),
Subject (Topic): Auctioneers
Subjects: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803 > Caricatures and cartoons
Auctioneers
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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