Symptoms of lewdness, or, A peep into the boxes [graphic]

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Title: Symptoms of lewdness, or, A peep into the boxes [graphic]
Alternative Title: Peep into the boxes
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [20 May 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. May 20th 1794, by S.W. Fores, N.3 Piccadilly
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Three lines of text following title: NB. in a fewe [sic] days will be given a peep into the pit ...
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: who has just fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic], admittance 1 sh. NB. folios of caracature [sic] lent out.
Temporary local subject terms: Theater: theater-boxes -- Spectacles: opera-glasses -- Jewelry: necklace -- Miniature portraits -- Female costume: fans -- Crowns: Earl's coronet -- Reference to George IV -- Playbills.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; June 1962 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.8 x 37.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Engravings England London 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Publishers' advertisements England London 1794
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic): Jewelry
Subjects: Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jewelry
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

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