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A figure that appear'd in a Mazarine gown at the King of Denmarks masquerade ball
Title
A figure that appear'd in a Mazarine gown at the King of Denmarks masquerade ball [graphic] / engrav'd for the Oxford magazine.
Publication
[London] : [Oxford Magazine], [not before 10 October 1768]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 18.6 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched above image.
Publication date in British Museum catalogue: October 10, 1768, the date of the masquerade.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 148.
Provenance
Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Summary
Mr. Harley, with a very large belly and a shirt with lace trim, standing full-length in profile to right wearing on his head a cuckold's horns from which hangs a sign "A room to lett unfurnish'd". From his mouth a bubble reading, "I am one of the heads of the city." In his left hand a book open to pages that read, "The city poll dedicated to the Cheese mongers, trunk makers, etc. From his right pocket a letter, "At the court of C.C., it was carried NEM-CON that he was realy & not politically ill."
Variant and related titles
Figure that appeared in a Mazarine gown
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 22, 2008
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, no. 4213
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1768.
Periodical illustrations.
Etchings - England - London - 1768.
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