A butcher swinging a string of sausages from a knife rides on the back of a large black boar. Etching, 1774.

Date:
Sep 4/ [17]74
Reference:
29841i
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A butcher swinging a string of sausages from a knife rides on the back of a large black boar. Etching, 1774. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A butcher's steel is attached to his belt

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London (Gerard Street Soho) : W. Humphrey, Sep 4/ [17]74.

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 21 x 17.1 cm

Lettering

The hog-butcher in triumph

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Not found in: British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires

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Wellcome Collection 29841i

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