Which is the The Better Man
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Unknown Artist (British). Which is the The Better Man, Published April 5,1786. Etching, hand colored, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. (30.2 x 41.3 cm) Image: 9 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (24.6 x 38 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. M.D.C. Crawford and Adelaide Goan, 60.108.82b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Which is the The Better Man
Date
Published April 5,1786
Medium
Etching, hand colored
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. (30.2 x 41.3 cm) Image: 9 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (24.6 x 38 cm)
Signatures
Unsigned.
Inscriptions
Inscribed, upper left, etched: "S.Motherhill / Womans Taylor"; upper left, etched: "I'll Wade to my middle for Snip"; upper right, etched: "There Shall be no Fornication"; upper right, etched: "The Royal Bang you or Whapp ye"; upper right, etched: "GEORGE & ye Dragon"; upper right, etched: "Stand still for the Sex Georggy"; center, etched: "The Brightons Taylor Yarn"; center, etched: We'll have no idolatry"; lower left to right, etched: "WHICH is the BETTER MAN or THE POT calls the KETTLE BLACK A_E" / "Published 5th April, 1786, by S. W. Fores, at the Caricature - Warehouse, No. 3, Picadilly".
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. M.D.C. Crawford and Adelaide Goan
Accession Number
60.108.82b
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