Lilliputian humorists: drawn as big as life

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Description: Each print depicts a pair of characters bound by a decorative border that also includes within it four lines of dialogue in verse beneath each character which describe the action of the image. Borders include depictions of children, animals, birds and various products. Dwarf-like figures representing various professions, nationalities and types including soldiers and sailors, aristocrats, pilgrims, a dancing master, a bridegroom, an alchemist, a savoyard, figures purported to be Spaniard, Italian, and Dutch; includes some figures are smoking pipes.
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1730; Place: London; Publisher: [Bowles, J.?], Printed and sold at the White Horse without Newgate
Library locations: George Arents Collection; Shelf locator: Arents 96-353 no. 18-26
Topics: Alchemy; Cuckolds; Dance; Eating & drinking; Grooms (Weddings); Monkeys; Nobility; Smoking in art; Soldiers; Swordplay; Thieves
Genres: Prints; Illustrations
Notes: Content: Title from engraved title page.; Content: Figures probably after Il callotto resuscitato, oder, Neu eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet, [1715?].
Physical Description: Extent: 9 prints : engraving ; sheet 28 x 31 cm. or smaller; Plate marks: 25 x 27 cm. or smaller; Engravings
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F153; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12751536; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3d837ac0-c622-012f-d436-58d385a7bc34