Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840
Title:
The sayings of the ancients : illustrated by the doings of the moderns, in twenty-four caricatures.
Alternate Title(s):
Sayings & doings
Published / Created:
London : Charles Tilt, 86, Fleet Street, [1831]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1479.H44 S29 1831+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Running title: Sayings & doings.

Etchings by and after William Heath.

Date of publication from Abbey.

Engraved throughout, with four caricatures to each leaf (rectos only).

Cover title.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 304

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's original printed wrappers; publisher's advertisements on back cover.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Satire, English. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. | Tilt, C. -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1831. | Satire. | Caricatures.