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The Grinning Match, A Humourous Scene At A Country Fair

The Grinning Match, A Humourous Scene At A Country Fair

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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• match
• grinning
• humourous

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TITLE:  The grinning match, a humourous scene at a country fair CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1775 - Grinning match, a humourous scene [...] (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC2-6227 (color film copy slide) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  A man stands on a chair beneath a large, spreading tree on which a tri-corn hat hangs from a limb, his grinning face framed by a horse-collar, a woman and a man look on in the foreground, the man applauds, while a crowd of countrymen on the left, in the rear, encourage him with laughter and applause; with building on the right, in the background. MEDIUM:  1 print : mezzotint. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Publish'd by W. Humphreys, 1775 Sept. 5. NOTES: Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Country life--Great Britain--1770-1780. Smiling--1770-1780. FORMAT: Satires (Visual works) British 1770-1780.Mezzotints 1770-1780. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from color film copy slide) cph 3f06227 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f06227 CONTROL #:  2001697059