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A satirical portrait of an unknown person
Title
[A satirical portrait of an unknown person] [graphic] / HWB [monogram] delt.
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1766?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 21.8 x 15 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Bishop's wig.
Notes
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Summary
"Caricature of a man with a protruding lower lip, whole-length, standing in profile in outline only, with his hands in his pockets, wearing a low cocked hat."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
In-house title: Profile of a man in long coat
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 18, 2020
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, pt. 2, no. 3803
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Caricatures.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1766.
Etchings - England - London - 1766.
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