An Aristocrat [and] a Democrat
- Creator
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814 (artist)
- Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793
- Bowles & Carver (publisher)
- Form
- prints (visual works)
- Date
- 1797
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Drolls
- English farces
- Caricatures and cartoons -- Specimens
- English wit and humor, Pictorial
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Collection
- Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections
- Extent
- 2 prints on wove paper : mezzotint ; oval designs 137 x 113 mm, plate marks 149 x 110 mm, on sheet 150 mm x 225 mm
- Publisher
- Printed for Bowles & Carver ..
- Related Place
- England -- London.
- Notes
- A pair of Mezzotint Droll Satires. The aristocrat is meant to represent the loyal Englishman, and the democrat is represented as the treacherous Frenchman. Issues as a companion pair following the French Revolution.
- After Robert Dighton.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections.
- RBC copy plates numbered '423' and '424 in lower left corners.
- Related works
- The Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366256
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3cj88n56
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, NC1473 .A75 1797
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Still Image
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