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H-st-gs ho, rare H-st-gs! What a Man Buys He May Sell

1788

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unknown artist, H-st-gs ho, rare H-st-gs! What a Man Buys He May Sell, 1788, Etching, hand-colored, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.1064.




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  • Creator

    Print made by unknown artist eighteenth century
    Published by Joshua Kirby Baldrey, 1754–1826

  • Title

    H-st-gs ho, rare H-st-gs! What a Man Buys He May Sell

  • Date

    1788

  • Materials & Techniques

    Etching, hand-colored

  • Dimensions

    Sheet: 8 1/8 x 9in. (20.6 x 22.9cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Lettered inside image, upper left: "Plate 2"; upper center: "H-st-gs ho, rare H-st-gs!"; lettered below image, lower center: "What a Man Buys He May Sell. | Pubd. Feby ye 12. 1788 for J Doughty & Co No 19 Holborn London."; lower right: "Blackstones Commentaries Page &c. &c."

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Accession Number

    B1981.25.1064

  • Classification

    Prints

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    caricature | caricatures | satire

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41953

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