The citizen retired, or, Business at an end till Monday [graphic].

Edition:

[State without plate no.].

Published/Created:

[London]
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
published as the act directs, July 2d 1772

Copyright Date:

published as the act directs, July 2d 1772.

Physical Description:

1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 42 x 27 cm

Notes:

Title from text below image.
Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4519 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: old-fashioned, 1772 -- Female dress, 1772 -- Interiors: bedchamber -- Furniture: upholstered chair -- Glass: wine carafe and glass.
Old Print Shop; October 1959; Acquisitions no.: 959-10-1-32.
Watermark.

Abstract:

"Satire: a prosperous citizen seated in a chair fondling his mistress who sits on his knee, with a decanter and glass on the table beside them and a bed in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.

Variant Titles:

Business at an end till Monday

Associated Names:

Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793 [Publisher]

Topics:

Beds
Chairs
Clothing & dress
Couples
Drinking vessels
Interiors
Wine

Language:

English

Genre:

Mezzotints -- England -- London -- 1772
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1772
Watermarks (Paper)

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:

772.07.02.02.1+

Orbis Record:

8329280

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr03401

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10715953

PID:

digcoll:941534