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Return from the grand tour
Title
Return from the grand tour [graphic].
Edition
[State with title partially removed].
Published
[Oxford] : [Campione], [November, 1778]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with drypoint; sheet 28 x 44 cm
Notes
Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
State with title almost removed from plate.
Artist's initials and imprint from photocopy of later state.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
A dandified young man carrying muff and walking stick is met by a portly older bewigged gentleman (possibly his father or an innkeeper) before an inn. The young man is followed by 3 porters carrying baggage, including 2 sailors the last carrying 2 pistols. The inn's signboard depicting a tree with a face in it, is inscribed below with the name Bullock. In the courtyard behind a man is visible having emerged from a sedan chair.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 27, 2004
Subjects
Genre/Form
Etchings - England - Oxford - 1778.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1778.
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