print;
satirical print;
puzzle-picture
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.4131
- Title
- Object: Retort upon retort: a satyrical, hieroglyphical, anatomical, critical & comical epistle, from Saml, [foot i.e. Foote] to, the Rev Dr [Whitefield]
- Description
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Satirical rebus purporting to be a reply to BM Satires 3738 in the form of a letter from Samuel Foote to George Whitefield suggesting that they are two of a kind, both performers interested only in gaining wealth from the public; 'Foote' also suggests that Whitefield has seduced women followers. 1760
Etching
- Production date
- 1760
- Dimensions
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Height: 285 millimetres (cropped)
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Width: 191 millimetres (cropped)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- According to Stephens (annotation in a copy of the catalogue in the Department of Prints and Drawings) the print was advertised in the Public Advertiser on 5 December 1760.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.4131