Capping a proctor, or, Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers [graphic] / drawn & engraved by R. Cruikshank.

Creator:

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London] :
Published March 1, 1824 by Sherwood, Jones, & Co.,
[1 March 1824]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; sheet 15.2 x 23 cm

Notes:

Title from caption below image.
Plate from: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
CtY-LW

Abstract:

"An undergraduate leans from a bow window holding a rope attached to a basket containing a gaily dressed courtesan. In its descent it has knocked down the Proctor, who sits on the pavement, the woman falling on top of him. A 'bull-dog' with a constable's staff flashes a lantern on the window and on the woman; another stands just behind. An undergraduate watches from roudnd the corner of the building (right); a well-dressed couple hurry down the side street, looking back with interest."--British Museum catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Oxford bull-dogs detecting brazen smugglers

Topics:

Couples.
Prostitutes.
Students.
Teachers.

Topics:

Sherwood, Jones, and Co., publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1824.
Etchings--England--London--1824.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1824.

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Call Number:

824.03.01.03

Orbis Record:

9561891

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr12587

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, no. 14930

OID:

11018200

PID:

digcoll:976463