Lawyers and countryman [graphic]

Description

Title: Lawyers and countryman [graphic]
Contributor: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist.
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 June 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published June 10th, 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "Two London lawyers quizzing a clever countryman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Numbered '182' in lower left of plate.
One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls.
Two lines of text below image: Two London attorneys overtaking a waggoner on the road ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: country inns -- Buildings: country churches -- Signs: inn signboard, 'The Crescent Moon' -- Countrymen: waggoner -- Vehicles: waggons -- Waggoner's whip -- Quizzing glasses.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.2 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Stipple engravings England London 1797
Material: etching and stipple engraving with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Taverns (Inns)
Churches
Bridges
Signs (Notices)
Lawyers
Carts & wagons
Whips
Quizzing glasses
Subjects: Taverns (Inns)
Churches
Bridges
Signs (Notices)
Lawyers
Carts & wagons
Whips
Quizzing glasses
England > 1797
England > London > 1797

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