The discomfited duellists [graphic] / Collings del. ; Blake sculp.

[London] : Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co., April 1, 1784.

1 print : etching and engraving with stipple ; plate mark 19.7 x 24.1 cm, on sheet 22 x 27 cm

laid paper.

Inside a coffee house, an ensign, his broken sword lying on the ground, is held against the wall by a man with a hot poker. Another ensign, attempting to stub the man with the poker in the back, is held back by another customer and a waiter. The scene is watched by a few alarmed customers, a parson reading a paper, and an upset young woman behind the bar.

English

July 27, 2005

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 6738