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Piercy Roberts
active 1785-1824
Characters, a by-the-by hint to a pretended friend at court / Woodward del. ; etch'd by Roberts.
London : Pubd by P Roberts, 28 Middle-row Holborn, [180-?]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.733
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London : Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-row Holborn, [180-?]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Etching at head of humorous broadside with letterpress text beginning: I must observe, Sir, by-the-by, that it appears to me, you only mean to serve your own by-ends, and that you are constantly in practice of putting people by ...
Summary:
Two caricatures in profile; the one at right a disgruntled gesturing emphatically with his index finger to companion, a foppishly attired gentleman in periwig and ruffled collar, who holds one hand affectedly to his breast and a tricorne hat under his arm.
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