Description:
Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) and others: Nineteen Caricature Prints. Eighteen hand-colored etchings, one uncolored, mostly by Rowlandson, including the following: "A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of his Artificial Teeth"; "The Way to Stop a Yarmouth Cart"; "A Mistake at New Market"; "Smoking a Parson!!"; "Crimping a Quaker"; "John Bull's Address to Mrs. Clarke"; "A Barber's Shop"; "The Way to Stretchit!!"; "The Mistake"; "Female Politicians"; "Raising the Wind"; "A Bait for the Kiddies on the North Road"; "Dark Lanthern Business"; and others, mostly in mats, sizes vary. (19)
Estimate $800-1,000
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