The difficult kiss [graphic].

Description

Title: The difficult kiss [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 August 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 20th Augt. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "A very fat man with arms outstretched tries to kiss an equally large woman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
No. 123 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: armchairs -- Glass: liquer bottles -- Wallpaper.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.1 x 25 cm, on sheet 24 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Stipple engravings England London 1794
Material: etching and stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Couples
Obesity
Chairs
Bottles
Subjects: Couples
Obesity
Chairs
Bottles
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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