The beau-trap, or, Double disaster [graphic].

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Title: The beau-trap, or, Double disaster [graphic].
Alternative Title: Double disaster
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 May 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: Two elegantly dressed ladies stop in the entrance of a store to observe a mililtary officer splatterd by mud as he steps on a broken stone on the sidewalk. In each of the panes of the shop window is an article of the clothing or hat. To the right of the door is a scrapper to clean shoes or boots
Description: Titles engraved below image.
Four lines of verse in two columns below title: All lively and gay, I ne'er thought of the trap that occasioned this terrible mishap. Not sufficient unlucky to splacsh my white gaters, But dam it, I've broken the glass all to shatters.
Plate numbered '76' in lower lefr corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Clothing stores
Military officers
British
Mud
Stores & shops
Women
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Clothing stores
Military officers > British
Mud
Stores & shops
Women
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

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