"A Lawyer And His Agent" Rare Mezzotint Satire On The Law Circa.1780 ephemera 19 by 23 cms image

19 by 23 cms image

View of Syracuse and the tomb of Archimedes

Red chalk drawing on tinted paper

Century carved and ebonised ripple frame

Costume design Signed lower right

"A Lawyer And His Agent" Rare Mezzotint Satire On The Law Circa.1780 ephemera 19 by 23 cms image"A Lawyer and His Agent" The rare Hand coloured Mezzotint engraving after Dighton Published by Bowles & Carver. 32. 5 by 24. 7 cms. Presented in its original frame. Circa. 1780. A satire on the law: a lawyer sits in his study chatting in a familiar way with the Devil who puts his arm around his shoulder; the table is covered with briefs concerning cases of debt and Chancery matters; on the wall behind is a picture of a shark.