A tailor holding out a folding swatch of cloth samples. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury.

  • Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
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20th Decr. 1773
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30001i
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A tailor holding out a folding swatch of cloth samples. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Snip: "slang or colloquial. A tailor. Also employed as an allusive personal name for a tailor."--Oxford English dictionary, citing "1785 F. Grose, Classical dict. vulgar tongue. Snip, a taylor."

Publication/Creation

London (New Bond Street) : [J. Bretherton?], 20th Decr. 1773.

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1 print : etching ; image 19.5 x 14 cm

Lettering

Snip Anglois. J. Bretherton f. Mr Bunbury del.

Notes

Forms a pair with: Snip françois, showing a French tailor

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. V, London 1935, no. 4748

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30001i

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