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1. The foot compressor [art original].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 4 Box D170
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A loquacious gentlemen holding a raised walking stick vertically in front of his body prepares to strike the foot of a passerby by feigning a blunder. From the caption: Provide a good stout stick (the heavier the better), well loaded with iron, and sally forth at the business time of the day ... enter on a long story and at the end of every marked sentence, make a sudden plunge with your stick downwards, which must be managed with great velocity, and at proper periods; by these methods your friend cannot fail feeling the force of your observations; and every person's toes must suffer that come within the reach of the argument
- Alternative Title:
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 3
- Description:
- Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Letterpress capation in fourteen lines below title: The person who has a desire to put this grace in practice, must be consciousness of possessing an unconquerable habit of talking incessantly, if that is not a leading trait in his character, he had better decline the study; but if hef finds himself master of so neccessary a qualification ..., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Conversation
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The foot compressor [art original].