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An exact perspective view of Dunmow, late the priory in the county of Essex with a representation of the ceremony & procession in that manor, on Thursday the 20 of June 1751
Title
An exact perspective view of Dunmow, late the priory in the county of Essex [graphic] : with a representation of the ceremony & procession in that manor, on Thursday the 20 of June 1751 / C. Mosley sculpt.
Publication
[London] : Publish'd Octr. 28th, 1806 by R. Cribb, 299 Holbern, [28 October 1806]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 37.2 x 57 cm, on sheet 43 x 60 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from item.
Imprint at the bottom of the fourth column.
A reprint, orginally published in 1752.
"Engraved from an original painting taken on the spot by David Ogborne."--Above imprint, at the bottom of the second column.
"Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Janry. 1752."--At the bottom of the second column.
Four columns of description followed by the text of "The oath" below image: A custom was instituted in or about the year 1111, by Robt., son of Richard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Clare ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
"Thomas Shakeshaft of Weathersfield in Weaver and his wife Ann being carried in a sedan chair, surrounded by crowds, from the door of the church at left where they have taken an oath to the peace and happiness of their marriage in return for a flitch of gammon, which is carried before them on a pole; stout butcher figure standing in the left foreground, his wig removed and mopping his brow."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 31, 2024
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1752.
Etchings - England - London - 1752.
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