Blunders in style [graphic].

Description

Title: Blunders in style [graphic].
Creator: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created: [179-?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Twenty pairs of people, arranged in panels in four rows, the first eight of which are engaged in a range of activities in which the pair misunderstand each other owing to mispronunciation indicating their differences in class. The next four panels illustrate scenes in which the pair debate the virtues and benefits of drinking various spirits. The final eight panels depict the attempts of a "Master Sargent" to train a country yokel as a soldier
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker and date suggested by a print with the same title and scenes similar to the first eight. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9646.
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Provenance: Bernard Quaritch; 25 March 2009;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 51.5 x 61 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1790-1799
Cloth prints
Handkerchiefs
Engravings England London 1790
Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Material: etching ; and madder on cotton.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Etiquette
Manners & customs
Social classes
Soldiers
British
Subjects: Etiquette
Manners & customs > Great Britain > 1790-1799
Social classes
Soldiers > British
England > London > 1790-1799
England > London > 1790
England > 1790

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