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Prints depicting snuff-taking and related subjects

Title
Prints depicting snuff-taking and related subjects [graphic]
Publication
[17---185-?]

Details

Additional Authors
  • Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811.
  • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
  • Maunder, Samuel, 1785-1849.
  • Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.
  • Bowles & Carver. pbl
  • Moon, Boys, and Graves. pbl
Description
<20> prints ; drypoint, engraving, etching, lithograph, mezzotint, wood engraving, some col.; sheet 43 x 34 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Prints include caricatures and illustrations depicting snuff-taking by various persons, from ladies and gentlemen to a group in French liberty caps ("The National Assembly"), sedan-chair carriers and a South African wagon driver. People are shown offering snuff, sneezing from using snff, having snuff blown into their faces and stealing snuff. Also includes an image titled "Scaramouche's last pinch," showing the fictitious character detained by an angry gentleman; and people engaged in other activities including sleeping, using a spy glass and sitting in a garden.
Subject
  • Africans
  • Cigars
  • Couples
  • Eating & drinking
  • Gambling
  • Gardens
  • People with disabilities
  • Pets
  • Scaramouche (Fictitious character)
  • Scots
  • Sedan chairs
  • Sleep
  • Smoking in art
  • Sneezing
  • Snuff
  • Theft
  • Tobacco pipes
  • Winds
  • Women > Tobacco use
  • France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
Genre/Form
  • Caricatures.
  • Drypoints.
  • Engravings.
  • Etchings.
  • Lithographs.
  • Mezzotints.
  • Prints – English.
  • Prints – French.
  • Prints – German.
  • Wood-engraving.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Prints made or published by Bowles & Carver, Isaac Cruikshank, James Gillray, Samuel Maunder, Moon, Boys, and Graves, John Nixon, and others, some after works by Thomas Stothard.
  • Plate marks, when present, range in size from 13 x 18.5 to 41 x 28 cm.
  • Titles and legends in English, French, and German.
Access (note)
  • Admission granted through application to the Office of Special Collections.
  • Restricted access;
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Detailed finding aid available
Call Number
Arents Prints 96-342
OCLC
NYPG96-F128
Title
Prints depicting snuff-taking and related subjects [graphic]
Imprint
[17---185-?]
Access
Admission granted through application to the Office of Special Collections.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Indexes
Detailed finding aid available: item level control.
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Local Subject
Tobacco dealers (Retail trade)
Added Author
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811. Etcher
Gillray, James, 1756-1815. Etcher
Maunder, Samuel, 1785-1849. Publisher
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. Artist
Bowles & Carver. Publisher
Moon, Boys, and Graves. Publisher
Research Call Number
Arents Prints 96-342
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