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The Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics

Isaac Cruikshank1809

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Print. The Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics !! / I.C. [Isaac Cruikshank]; Woodward del. - Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside [London], n.d. [1809]. Etching, hand col; image 21x32.5cm, sheet trimmed to 23x32.5cm. The perils of scientific lecturing. In candle light is a lecturer in spectacles, at table with a telescope and magic lantern, addressing a small assorted and refined audience including women and a dog; he is punningly misheard by country merchant

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  • Title: The Kentish Hop Merchant and the Lecturer on Optics
  • Creator: Woodward, George (etcher), Tegg, Thomas (publisher), Cruikshank, Isaac (artist)
  • Date Created: 1809
  • Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  • Physical Dimensions: overall: 230 x 325 mm
  • Type: print, etching
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