A lesson for spendthrifts by Dr. Johnson / [graphic]

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Title: A lesson for spendthrifts by Dr. Johnson / [graphic]
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
Contributor: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 August 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. August 1, 1794, by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Description: Title from caption below images.
Publisher's advertisement above images: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of humorous prints in Europe. Admittance one shilling.
Design consists of eight panels arranged in two horizontal strips, with four lines of verse etched below every panel but the last.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1794 -- Female costume, 1794 -- Gambling -- Jockeys -- Military uniforms.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 45.0 x 64 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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