Making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency! [graphic].

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Title: Making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency! [graphic].
Alternative Title: Elements of skateing : making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency!
Elements of skating : making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency!
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [24 November 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. November 24th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A man who is falling through the ice clutches desperately at the leg of a passing skater so as to drag him towards the hole he has made. From the edge of the ice (r.) projects a post with a notice-board: 'Humane Society - Whereas this Pond is very deep & dangerous, it is requested that no persons will rashly venture to Skait upon it.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image, following series title.
Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue.
One of four prints in a series entitled: Elements of skateing.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Watermark: J Whatman.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. XII.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.5 x 36.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Material: etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1805
England > London > 1805
J Whatman
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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