Accession number
PML 146639, p. 452b
Published
[London] : Published May 6th 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse Piccadilly, [1786]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
With caption verse in two columns reading: Suky like Syrinx changes shape, / Her vain pursuer to escape; / Ye Snapps; of Pans hard fate beware / Who thought his arms embrac'ed the fair / But found an emty [sic] Bum-case there.
Library's copy trimmed within platemark.
Inserted after p. 452 (second plate) into v. 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.
Library's copy trimmed within platemark.
Inserted after p. 452 (second plate) into v. 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 214 x 168 mm; sheet: 262 x 189 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a bailiff extending his arms to seize a lady from behind, in his right hand is a writ: Derriere Bum's. The dress only, however, of the lady stands erect: the hat and wig rest on the projecting breast, which is supported by the stiffened bodice, inflated petticoats, and prominently padded derriere of the dress. The lady herself crawls out from under her own petticoats between the legs of the bailiff, wearing gloves and an undergarment
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