print;
satirical print;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3466
- Description
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Frontispiece to Samuel Wesley's "Neck or Nothing" with three small scenes showing Edmund Curll's ill-treatment by the Westminster schoolboys: at the top, he is tossed in a blanket; in the centre, he is flogged on a table; at the bottom, he is made to beg beg on his knees. 1716
Etching
- Production date
- 1716
- Dimensions
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Height: 110 millimetres
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Width: 59 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The relevant incident took place on 2 August 1716 after Curll had used without permission a funeral oration for Dr Robert South given by John Barber, headmaster of Westminster School. He was invited to the School expecting to be honoured for his biography of the Dr South but was instead abused as shown in the frontispiece. Wesley's pamphlet took the form of a mock-heroic poem.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Neck or Nothing: A Consolatory letter frm Mr D-nt-n to Mr C-rll (1716)
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3466
