Retort courteous [graphic].

Description

Title: Retort courteous [graphic].
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, artist
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [22 April 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 22, 1807 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Description: Title from letterpress printed on same sheet.
Fifteen lines of text printed on broadside portion: Hodge, just come to town, threw aside his old cloaths, Determin'd to dress like our spruce modern beaus ...
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Male Costume: 1807 -- Walking-stick -- Eyeglass -- Spectacles: Lorgnette.
Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
Provenance: Seven Gables; September 1968; Sotheby's Lot 238 [Car. II] to Seven Gables, 2 July 1968.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.7 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 28 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1807
England > London > 1807

Access: Public
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