[Exploding a fortuneteller] [graphic] / Slack sc.

[Manchester?] : [publisher not identified], [1775?]

1 print : etching & engraving ; plate mark 14.4 x 93 cm, on sheet 17 x 11 cm

A man is lifted off the ground by the force of gunpowder exploding beneath his chair. Three men and a dog look on at this event, while water is poured from a chamber pot through a hole in the ceiling to douse the fire.

Illustration to A view of the Lancashire dialect.

English

October 06, 2003

Dictionary of National Biography, v.4, entry for John Collier.