print;
satirical print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1892,0714.53
- Description
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A lawyer seated on a high chair, looking in horror at a chimney sweep, blackened by soot, appearing at the fireplace at left, and the room fills with soot; proof illustration to 'The Flowers of Anecdote, Wit, Humour, Gayety, & Genius' (Boston: 1831); proof before letters.
Etching
- Production date
- 1831
- Dimensions
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Height: 131 millimetres (cut)
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Width: 114 millimetres (cut)
- Curator's comments
- See also 1882,0610.52
For a bound edition of "Flowers of Anecdote, Wit, Humour, Gaiety, & Genius" (2nd ed. 1831) see 1869,0710.46 to 64, kept at 298.a.8.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Flowers of Anecdote, Wit, Humour, Gayety, & Genius
- Acquisition date
- 1892
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1892,0714.53