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Street Walkers / Rst ; Etch D By B. Smith.

Street Walkers / Rst ; Etch D By B. Smith.

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TITLE:  Street walkers / RST ; etch'd by B. Smith. CALL NUMBER:  PC 1 - 7080 (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC4-8773 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Cartoon shows a well dressed man wearing large hat, possibly George Hanger, walking at the corner of Bond Street and Piccadilly, there he meets the gaze of a fashionably dressed young woman, a prostitute(?), also wearing a large hat and a bustled skirt. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Publish'd by B. Smith, 1786 April 28. NOTES: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7080 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. SUBJECTS: Hanger, George,--1751?-1824. Men--Clothing & dress--Great Britain--1780-1790. Women--Clothing & dress--Great Britain--1780-1790. Prostitution--Great Britain--1780-1790. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings 1770-1780. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08773 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08773 CONTROL #:  2001695205