A bore / C.L.S.

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Charles Loraine Smith
1751-1835
A bore / C.L.S.
etching
plate mark: 203 x 265 mm; sheet: 203 x 265 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2655
Published: 
[London] : Publish'd April 6th 1782 by Chs. Bretherton, [1782]
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary: 

Three men seated at the table, the one in the center with a fierce, 'boar-like' face. With his right hand he points to a paper "Ext--y Gazette" which lies on the table, while with his left hand he literally button-holes the man on his left. The man on his right slouches in his chair as he dozes with his mouth open and his hand in his vest pocket.

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