Thirty years have I lived in the parish of Covent Garden ... [graphic].

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Title: Thirty years have I lived in the parish of Covent Garden ... [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [16 December 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 16 Decr. 1797 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A face, wearing a plumed military hat, looks to the right out of a ferociously spurred military jack-boot which stands in profile to the left. The back of the head is concealed by the peak of the boot, which protects the wearer's knee. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Title continues: ... and nobody can say, Mistress Cole, why did you so?
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to Samuel Foote's Minor.
Watermark: Edmeads & Co.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper) Edmeads & Co.
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Watson, Robert, 1746-1838
Subjects: Watson, Robert, 1746-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
Edmeads & Co.
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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