Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Deceitful kisses, or The pretty plunderers.
Call Number
E South 11/GC021/Box 05/Normal/18th c./Artists C-Dighton GA 2011.00562
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcbn999k49n
Publisher
London : [s.n.], n.d. [1781]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1781
Extent
1 item ; sheet 37.3 x 28.4 cm.
References
British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 4554 [similar to]
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Aquatints
Depiction: Caricature regarding crime. Rotund man oblivious to being robbed by the three prostitutes who are kissing him while slyly robbing him.
Signed in plate, below: "From the original picture by John Collet, in the possession of Carington Bowles".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Prostitutes—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Deception—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Monkeys—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Female offenders—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cba35cfc-0491-4a52-80b7-f17f5f323c8f/manifest