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English: TITLE: [A Bailiff and an attorney--a match for the Devil]

CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 3767 (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-105267 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: A satire on attornies and bailiffs. Lawyer, in his office, holding papers marked, "Middlesex to Wit -- Jno. Doe & Richd. Doe ..."; he converses with a rough man, with a cudgel under his arm, who holds case inscribed, "Henry Handheart Office" (r to the Sheriff of Middlesex). Another catchpole stands by the side of this man.

MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving and mezzotint.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London : printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, ca. 1760]

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Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3767.
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