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Now gentlemen - see here's a piece - I hope you'll all bid up for this. Two Guineas - thirty shillings - twenty. Sure gentlemen that will content ye. Who bids? Fifteen dye say? For shame tis not the vaule of the frame. Sixteen is bid for't - once - twice - thrice, sixteen - tis going at half the price.
1730
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- Publisher
- [London : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1730?]
- People
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- Language
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Now gentlemen - see here's a piece - I hope you'll all bid up for this. Two Guineas - thirty shillings - twenty. Sure gentlemen that will content ye. Who bids? Fifteen dye say? For shame tis not the vaule of the frame. Sixteen is bid for't - once - twice - thrice, sixteen - tis going at half the price.
- Call Number
- E East 44/GC070/Box 04/Normal/18th c. GA 2024.01234
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dct148fw947
- Publisher
- [London : [s.n.], n.d. [ca. 1730?]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1730
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 47.8 x 35.3 cm.
- References
- See BM 1863 for similar print with different text
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Engravings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Caricature; occupation-related scene. Art auction; all of the figures have animal heads and human hands.
- Numbered in plate, lower left: "6".
- Unsigned.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/92a91e9b-7b65-4571-baa2-030a538d4250/manifest