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The circulating library
Title
The circulating library [graphic].
Copyright Notice Date
[London] : Publish'd Octr. 1, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London, [1 October 1804]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving with stipple ; plate mark 20 x 25 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
Plate numbered '369' in the lower left corner.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Five lines of caption below title: "Pray, my dear Mr. Page," cried a pretty lisper, looking over a catalogue "will you let me have that dear Man of Feeling, I have so long waited for...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
Three women stand in a library; two converse as the third looks through the catalogue discussing the titles as the man behind the counter looks on as a dog lies curled up at her feet. A second man stands on a ladder reaching for a book; he has several tucked under his other arm. The shelves are labeled with the subject or genre of the material.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 26, 2008
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1804.
Etchings - England - London - 1804.
Also listed under
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
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