An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting with Proper Rules for the Exercising of that Amusing Study

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1817

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Title: An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting with Proper Rules for the Exercising of that Amusing Study
Author: Jane Collier (British, Steeple Langford 1714–1755 London)
Artist and engraver: James Gillray (British, London 1756–1815 London)
Publisher: First published by Andrew Millar (London)
Publisher: William Miller (British, 1769–1844)
Printer: William Bulmer & Co. (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1817
Medium: Illustration: etching
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (16.5 x 10.8 x 4.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Jane Erdmann Whitney, 1986
Object Number: 1986.1145.40
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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