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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856
The duel between Web and Sham-Peter, or, Most horribly frightened!! : scene, Coombe [sic] Wood.
[London] : Published May 1821, by J Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, [1821]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.474
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[London] : Published May 1821, by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, [1821]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By I. Robert Cruikshank.
Satire on a duel fought between Lord Petersham and James Webster Wedderburn in Combe Wood on April 21, 1821.
Summary:
Print shows Wedderburn firing a blunderbluss, labelled "Eggs Hair Trigger," at his opponent, who cowers behind a tree and returns fire with a large pistol while holding a bottle of eau-de-Cologne to his nose. At left, Wedderburn's second, Col. Palmer, shouts in alarm, while in the background may be recognized the fleeing figure of Lord Petersham's second, Lord Foley.
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