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Diamond cut diamond
Title
Diamond cut diamond [graphic] / W. Summers, del. ; Chas. Hunt, sc.
Publication
London : Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St., Soho, [1830?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 24.7 x 28 cm
Medium
wove paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Wigmakers -- Male hairdressers -- Theaters: Covent Garden -- Reference to monkeys -- Mirrors -- Reference to gas.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
Two lines of dialogue below title: Oh Wigsby my boy, did you ever shave a monkey? No sir, but if you'll just walk in I'll try.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges.
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
January 19, 2011
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1830.
Etchings - England - London - 1830.
Aquatints - England - London - 1830.
Watermarks (Paper)
Annotations (Provenance) - 19th century.
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