File:Landing at Dover & overhauling the baggage! Or custom house officers rummaging for foreign commodities! Dedicated to the Persian Ambassador.jpg
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| Description | Print.Colored etching. BM description : "A scene on the quay at Dover. A young woman in oriental draperies, with a high gold head-dress with aigrettes, struggles between two raffish customs officers who search her improperly.Under her foot is a paper: 'An Account of the Baggage of the Persian Ambassador and Entry of the same at the Custom House.' Another paper: 'Custom House Dover Inwards! Seizures of Foreign things—Snuff Boxes—Lace, Jewellry Funny prints.' One says: "I feel something here"; the other: "ha! ha! You've got hold of it there Jack! We'll Search if it's fairly Enter'd, if not, We'll Divide it!" The Ambassador, who is indicated by a paper at his feet: 'To his Excellency Mirza Abdul Hassan Khan', furiously draws his scimitar. He wears quasi-Persian costume, with tall astrakhan cap, and enormous moustaches; his trousers and boots are influenced by hussar uniform and English dandy fashions. Behind, two black servants register impotent horror. On the right two other customs officers are rummaging in a lady's trunk; one deluges the other with a syringe. Behind are the masts of ships." | |||||||||||||||||||
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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| current | 19:48, 8 March 2023 | | 7,831 × 5,629 (48.79 MB) | Racconish (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description=Print.Colored etching. BM description : "A scene on the quay at Dover. A young woman in oriental draperies, with a high gold head-dress with aigrettes, struggles between two raffish customs officers who search her improperly.Under her foot is a paper: 'An Account of the Baggage of the Persian Ambassador and Entry of the same at the Custom House.' Another paper: 'Custom House Dover Inwards! Seizures of Foreign things—Snuff Boxes—Lace, Jewellry Funny prints.' One says... |
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