Price: $175.00
SKU: 103842
PUBLISHER: Published by James Caulfield, London.
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: 1794
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 (24.2 x 17.1 cm)
DESCRIPTION: This 1794 copper engraving depicts the infamous 17th-century criminal John Cottington (d. 1685), better known by his nickname "Mulld-Sake." Published in London by James Caulfield for his work Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons, the image is based on a rare earlier engraving by Renold Elstrack. It shows Cottington as a chimney sweep with his brush over his shoulder against a 1616 London street scene, accompanied by eight lines of verse. Cottington led a double life as a sweep and a notorious pickpocket and highwayman until his execution in 1685. Caulfield, a publisher specializing in "remarkable characters," included this plate to document the colorful figures of British history, making it a significant record of London's historical underworld. <br><br> The text below the image reads:<br><br> I Walke the Strand, and Westminster; and Scorne to march t'th Cittie; though I beare the Horne. My feather, and my yellow Band, accord to prove me Courtier, My Boote, spur, and sword. My smokinge Pipe, Scarfe, Garter, Rose on Shoe, Showe my brave mind, t'affect what Gallants do.
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CONDITION: Good condition overall. some minor stains in the margins.
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