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Caleidoscopes, or, Paying for peeping
Title
Caleidoscopes, or, Paying for peeping [graphic] / CW.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. June 1818 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street, [June 1818]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with stipple ; sheet 28 x 40 cm
Medium
laid paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Optician's shops -- Kaleidoscopes -- Jews -- Costume: male, female, 1818 -- Spectacles -- Parsons -- Vehicles: coach --- Umbrellas -- Walking-sticks.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides.
Eight lines of verse below image: Tis the favorite plaything of school boy and sage of the baby in arms, and the baby of age ...
Variant and related titles
Kaleidoscopes
Paying for peeping
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2010
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 13051
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1818.
Etchings - England - London - 1818.
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