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1 print : stipple engraving with etching

John Bull is crying: "Murder! if you get it down it will ruin my constitution", the paper that is being forced down his throat is entitled: "Catholic Emancipation". Wellington says: "Hold - him fast - Bob - I'll soon make him swallow it - there it…

1 print : etching ; platemark 21.7 x 29.6 cm

Grand duché de Toscane. Charlatan dans la place Grand duc à Florence. Jh. Pieraccini del. Levilly lith.

Poster displays various images, including a scorpion (also misconstrued as a crab)

The lettering mentions sleep disorders, anxiety, fear and violence. The man appears to be reaching for a beer jug; broken crockery and furniture lie on the ground. In the background, two performers (one holding scales, the other possibly a snake)…

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 26 x 36.2 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 17 x 11.7 cm
Lettering continues: "A remarkable walking bookseller quack doctor &c. &c. hawking old books as Mosess do old cloaths. Stop gentle reader & behold a beau in boots, searching for gold, a walking bookseller,…

1 print : etching, with watercolour

shears on the ground

1 print : line engraving and etching ; image 12.5 x 19.2 cm