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A block for the Wigs
Maker
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
(active 1778-1822) (Life dates)
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Width: 35.4 cm
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Inscription: inscription : printed : left within image & recto : on throne : President //
Inscription: inscription : printed : left within image & recto : on speech bubble : Tis Liberty! Tis Liberty! / Dear Liberty alone //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle within image & recto : in speech bubble : Dam'd rough Sai / ling this. I shall never / be able to keep my Seat / till the 27th July //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle within image & recto : on book : Sublime / [ampersand] Beau / tiful //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower middle & within image & recto : on circular base : Balaam OEconomy Secretary //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower middle centre & within image & recto : on base of whirligig : Treasury / Navy / Army //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left margin & recto : : Poor John Bull's House plunder'd at Noon Day //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right & recto : : Pubd. May 5th. 1783. by H. Humphrey No. 227 Strand //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : A BLOCK for the WIGS -- or, the new State Whirligig. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : typed : right & verso : later Witt inscription : Caricature / A Block for the Wigs //
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