Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784
Title:
A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; to which is added, An essay on satire ; embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq.
Alternate Title(s):
Woodward's edition of Stevens's Lecture on heads
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Cuthell and Martin; J. Walker; Otridge and Son; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; by W. Wilson, printer, St. John's Square, 1808.
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 96 p., [25] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Half-title: Woodward's edition of Stevens's Lecture on heads. Price 4s. boards.
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Subject Terms:
Characters and characteristics. | Satire, English. | Caricature -- Great Britain. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Walker, John, -- Publisher. | Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe -- Publisher. | Cuthell and Martin -- Publisher. | Otridge and Son -- Publisher. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme -- Publisher. | Wilson, William -- Printer. | Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1808. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1808.
Contributors:
Plummer, Thomas Printer. | Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809, ill. | Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827, engraver. | Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740–1803.