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Style: Town and Country.

Satirical Print
1827-28 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical etching showing two caricatures of a fashionably dressed urbane couple and an exaggeratedly rustic country couple.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleStyle: Town and Country. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured etching
Brief description
William Heath ("Paul Pry"). Style: Town and Country. London, 1827-28.
Physical description
Satirical etching showing two caricatures of a fashionably dressed urbane couple and an exaggeratedly rustic country couple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.125in
  • Width: 13in
Credit line
Given by Miss A. St J. Gray
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection
Accession number
E.83-1936

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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