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Title:The true effigies of a city sword bearer [graphic] / W. fecit.
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Publication:[London] : Publishd. according to act of Parliament, June 1st, 1789, by E. Harding, [1 June 1789]
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Physical Description:1 print : etching ; sheet 19.8 x 15 cm
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Call Number: 789.06.01.02
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Provenance:Suckling; May 1956.
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Digital version
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Call Number: 799.11.09.02++
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Notes: Two prints mounted together. To view other title, search by call number: 799.11.09.02++.
Also with newspaper clippings mounted on sheet.
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Provenance:Jarndyce; November 2018
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Digital version
Digital version
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Medium:laid paper.
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Notes:Title etched below image.
Text below title: Price only one shilling with a suitable frame included.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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Summary:Satirical portrait of William Pickett, Lord Mayor of London for 1789; three-quarter length, seated; wearing the ceremonial gown and with a City of London sword hanging in the background; within a border composed of plates, cups, saucers, mugs, kettles, and a chamber pot, with two bears in the corners; a fire extinguisher and a string of "India crackers" hang below the border.
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Subjects:Pickett, William--Caricatures and cartoons.
Politicians--Great Britain.
Robes.
Swords.
Containers.
Firecrackers.
Fire extinguishers.
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Genre/Form:Portrait prints.
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)--18th century.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1789.
Etchings--England--London--1789.
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Also listed under:Harding, E. (Edward), 1755-1840, publisher.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13882817