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The city carriers
engraving
4 9/16 x 7 7/16 inches (117 x 190 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 0802
Published:
[England] : [publisher not identified], [1769]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Print from the London Magazine, September 1769, page 393 (facing), where it appeared with the explanation: We hear a new print is engraving, entitled The City Carriers, representing an ass laden with two panniers, one containing the city grievances, the other the apprehensions of the Livery of London. The ass is to be led by the L.M. assisted by Sir R.L. and Mess. Aldermen B. and T. as ass-drivers. Near them a Fox is seen stealing into covert.
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