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A man of war in full sail / T.B. fecit.

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A man of war in full sail / T.B. fecit.

[London] : Pub by H Humphrey, No 18 New Bond Street, [between 1778 and 1782?].
etching, hand colored
image: 156 x 120 mm; plate mark: 183 x 131 mm; sheet: 211 x 158 mm
Peel 2268
Notes
Caption title.
Hannah Humphrey's print shop was located at 18 New Bond Street from circa 1778 to 1782.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a rotund officer wearing a grenadiers uniform, with cummerbund and a bearskin mitre cap labeled "Mars"; a wooden signport at lower right reads "Dartford", and a small party of a man and two women are seated at a table in a tent in the background at left.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints