A gentleman of moderate income making himself decent to dine out. [graphic]

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Title: A gentleman of moderate income making himself decent to dine out. [graphic]
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [28 November 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 28th Novr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: In his meager attic lodgings, a man dresses as his land lady looks on. On the wall is a poster with a portrait of Thomas Paine and a partially torn sign with the words "Buggs distroy'd", the art amplifying the subject
Description: Title engraved below image.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Plate numbered '174' in lower left corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Material: etching with engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic): Attics
Landlord & tenant relations
Mirrors
Poverty
Shaving equipment
Subjects: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Attics
Landlord & tenant relations
Mirrors
Poverty
Shaving equipment
England > 1796
England > London > 1796

Access: Public
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