Furniture in human and animal forms. Coloured etching by S. de Wilde, 1807, after "Sylvester Scrutiny".

  • Scrutiny, Sylvester, active 1807.
Date:
November Ist 1807
Reference:
31434i
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[London] (Leadenhall Street) : Published for the Satirist ... by S Tipper, November Ist 1807.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour

Lettering

Sylvester Scrutiny Esquire invt. S. De Wilde

Contents

1. A round library table supported on the back of a naked and ape-like black man whose hands rest on the floor. 2. A candlestick in the form of a domestic manservant in smart clothes. 3. A sideboard held up by monkeys kneeling on a giant foot. 4. A basin supported by women with exposed breasts. 5. A vomiting Toby jug. 6. A candle in the form of a mad woman whose entwined hair forms the wick. 6. A table supported by a draped bat. 7. An armchair in the form of a crocodile with gold snakes for arms. 9. A term in the form of a bald old man. 10. A clock in the form of a donkey jockey riding a mule that is wearing boots

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1870-1954, no. 10797

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31434i

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