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A fleet of transports under convoy
Title
A fleet of transports under convoy [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London, published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1781.
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 35.2 x 25.1 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Artist from British Museum catalogue.
Numbered '465' in lower left corner.
Summary
"A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 29, 2004
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 5957
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1781.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1781.
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