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Old gaffer Grey and the tail of his "order" retiring* from place to the tune of more "paupers on the pension list"
Title
Old gaffer Grey and the tail of his "order" retiring* from place to the tune of more "paupers on the pension list" [graphic] / C.J.G.
Publication
[London] : Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market, [approximately 1833]
Physical Description
1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 27 x 42 cm.
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from text below image.
Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant are lightly scratched in right center portion of design.
Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
Wood engraving with letterpress text.
One line of text below title explains the asterisk above: Errata - for retiring, read kick'd out.
Imperfect; trimmed with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Summary
Politicians in a queue bring money bags and paper rolls representing various bills down into a cave; a man pulls a reluctant lawyer towards the cave.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2016
Series
The political drama ; no. 44
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1833.
Wood engravings.
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