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Printed for & Sold by Carrington Bowles.

A Rich Privateer brought safe into port, by Two First Rates.

Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles at his Map & Print warehouse. No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs, 2 April 1782. Plate mark 35,5 cm x 25 cm. The whole sheet 36,5 x 27 cm. Passe partout 46 x 36 cm. Mezzotint in original hand colouring.

Some spots, stains and small  tears and losses to the margins. A few mild water stains to the image area. Creases.

The plate depicts a man entering a brothel, welcomed by several women.  Mezzotint print satires such as the present, were very popular in England between 1760  and 1800. Carrington Bowles was one of the prime providers such prints.

Item No: 2074.