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The house that Jack built 1785
Title
The house that Jack built 1785 [graphic] / [Greek letter sigma] inv. et excu. 1785.
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], published according to act April 26, 1785.
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 20 x 34 cm
Medium
wove paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Treasury -- Taxes: Window Tax, 1784 -- American Indians -- Ireland -- Irish harp -- Milk pails -- Literature: "The House that Jack Built" -- Literature: quotation from John Milton's Samson Agonistes.
Notes
Title from words etched in the frame of the doorway in the left of the design.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Beneath the design are etched the subjects and the characters illustrated.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 27, 2006
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1785.
Etchings - England - London - 1785.
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