Object Number 1969.2754

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

A Young Hussy Charging Old Toothless with an Impossibility, or the cracked Pitcher.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Robert Sayer & John Bennett (Printseller)
1774-1785

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

March 20 1778 (1778-1778)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; London, Printed for R.Sayer & J.Bennett Map & Printsellers N\o. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 March 1778.

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

17.26 (H) , 10.98 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.8 (H) , 27.88 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at top. Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.4 cm). Plate W: 10.0 in. (25.3 cm). Chain interval not measured.

Publication Date

03/20/1778

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

none

Object Description

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