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Jehu the true English coachman
Title
Jehu the true English coachman [graphic].
Edition
[State with plate number "17" in upper right corner].
Publication
[London] : Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand, Augt. 10th, 1773.
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 17.5 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Tankards -- Coachman whips -- Jehu -- Bible: 2 Kings ix.20
Notes
Title etched below image.
Reissue, with plate number altered from "14" to "17". Cf. No. 5162 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "17" in upper right corner.
Summary
"Portrait of a man whole length standing in profile to right. He has a bulbous nose, a stubbly chin, a protruding waistcoat. In his right hand is a tankard with an open lid, in his left a whip with a long lash. He wears a low wide three-cornered hat, a plain neckcloth, coat, long waistcoat, knee-breeches, buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 18, 2019
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1773.
Etchings - England - London - 1773.
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