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The demi-rep Countess of C__ alias The Lying Chambermaid

The demi-rep Countess of C__ alias The Lying Chambermaid
 (1820)

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
32.2 × 22.7 cm (image) 33.9 × 23.5 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) 38.9 × 28.9 cm (backing sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 13857
Printing/Publishing
published by John Fairburn, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: The Demi-rep COUNTESS of C _alias The LYING CHAMBERMAID, / a Match for My-Joke-O!!
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.r.: —“Je ne me / rappelle pas”— / (I do not recollect.)
printed in ink (in image) c.: BAR ALL BARGAINS.
printed (vertically) (in image) c.: Trash / Bag
printed in ink (in image) (on ribbon) l.l.: Milan / Commission
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Leech / GREEN BAG / PO DE CHAMBRE / Lake of Como
Accession Number
1573.53-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
Public domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display