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Creator:
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
Title(s):
A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; to which is added, An essay on satire ; embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq.
Additional Title(s):

Woodward's edition of Stevens's Lecture on heads

Stevens's Lecture on heads
Published/Created:
London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Cuthell and Martin; J. Walker; Otridge and Son; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; by W. Wilson, printer, St. John's Square, 1808.
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 96 p., [25] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3717.S2 L43 1808
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Half-title: Woodward's edition of Stevens's Lecture on heads. Price 4s. boards.
Etchings by Thomas Rowlandson; after George Woodward.
"Plummer, printer."--P. 96.
Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 121
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original boards with printed title label on spine.
Subject Terms:
Caricature -- Great Britain.
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
Characters and characteristics.
Cuthell and Martin -- Publisher.
Etching -- Specimens -- 1808.
Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1808.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme -- Publisher.
Otridge and Son -- Publisher.
Satire, English.
Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe -- Publisher.
Walker, John, -- Publisher.
Wilson, William -- Printer.
Contributors:
Plummer, Thomas Printer.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809, ill.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827, engraver.
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740–1803.
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