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A very likely character

Henry HEATH
A very likely character
 (1830s)

Medium
hand-coloured lithograph on green paper

Measurements
22.7 × 18.0 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1930

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Printing/Publishing
printed by Lefevre & Kohler, London; published by I. B. Brookes, London

Inscription
printed (diagonally) in ink l.c.r.: H Heath
printed (diagonally) in ink l.c.l.: I.B. Brookes 9 New Bond S.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink l.c.: My Son, d’ye think there’s a likeness ? / Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman S.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink u.c.: A VERY LIKE (LIKE underlined) LY CHARACTER
printed in ink l.l.: N.o (o in superscript above . ) 8

Accession Number
4408C-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions

Subjects (specific)
caricatures cartoons (humorous images) contrast men (male humans) mothers sons (people) women (female humans)

Movements
Regency (British)

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