[Labour in vain, or, Fatty in distress] [graphic].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82078183
Published/Created:
[London]
[Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London]
[published as the act directs, 9 November 1784]
Physical Description:
1 print : mezzotint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33 x 25 cm
Notes:
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Numbered '541' in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher information and series number from British Museum catalogue.
Artist from Sotheby's catalog.
Publication date assigned by the cataloging agency based on the series number.
Temporary local subject terms: Spas: St. George's spa -- Quizzing glasses -- Wickets -- Trades: porters -- Walking staves.
Variant Titles:
Fatty in distress
Topics:
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Dogs.
Fans (Accessories)
Hats.
Health resorts.
Obesity.
Shawls.
Topics:
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80050493
Language:
English
Genre:
Mezzotints--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
784.11.09.03+
Orbis Record:
4760363
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr05645
Citation:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6768
Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. Watercolours by Robert Dighton, 23 February 1978, Lot 20.
OID:
10727909
PID:
digcoll:2755505