The Dog (BM 1872,1109.332) - Drawing. Public domain image.

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The Dog (BM 1872,1109.332) - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Social satire; folding frontispiece to the November issue of volume one of "The Wit's Magazine" (London, 1784); 'The Wit's Magazine', i. 401. Illustration to verses with the same title, by W. Whitehead, pp. 431-3. A lady wearing a feathered hat falls to the ground from the back of a dog on which she has tried to ride. A maidservant with a broom, and a servant-lad look grinning round the door (left). The carpet, wallpaper, an ornate chair, &c, show that the room is well furnished. 1 December 1784
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1784
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