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The Burthens Of Plenty / H. (or N.) R. ; J. T. [?].

The Burthens Of Plenty / H. (or N.) R. ; J. T. [?].

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• food
• man
• fat
• heavy
• thin
• carry
• poor
• hungry
• slim
• plenty
• overweight
• eatery
• underfed

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TITLE:  The burthens of plenty / H. (or N.) R. ; J. T. [?]. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 5433 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-52095 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  "An enormously fat man walks (left to right) towards an eating-house followed by a lean and ragged man bent with the weight of a basket laden with food which he carries on his head and shoulders..." (Source: George) MEDIUM:  1 print : engraving. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [England] : [Pub]d. by M Darly, Feby. 24, 1777, 39 Strand, 1777. NOTES: This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum / by Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 5433 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Engravings 1770-1780. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b00081 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b00081 CONTROL #:  2006685296